Ehud Barak Quotes

If you want to be a government in a minority Parliament, you have to work with other people.

A minority government can't govern without support from other parties.

Maybe the Tory party might, instead of telling the Brexit Party what to do, make an approach to the Brexit Party and say I'll tell you what, we'll stand aside in certain areas. That would be a very positive thing for me, let's work together for a new kind of politics.

They wish for a general government of unity, as they see that the local legislatures must naturally and necessarily tend to retard the general government.

It's perfectly reasonable in a coalition between two political parties that you get supporters of those parties you know stressing the things they want to stress.

What the government has to do, if it wants to govern for any length of time, is it must appeal primarily to the third parties in the House of Commons to get them to support it.

The absence of political personalities in the government will help rather than hinder a solid base of support for the government in parliament and in the political parties because it will remove one ground for disagreement.

Nearly all legislation is the result of compromise.

It’s important to remember that in Mexico there is no single party that ever has a majority in the House and Senate. For this reason, all political reforms require accord.

It's impossible always to be with the majority in coalition government, especially when it's a very complicated coalition.

The functions of the president are prescribed by the Constitution, but his real achievements are not set by the letter of the law. They are determined rather by his personality, the weight of his influence, his capacity for managing men, and the strength and effectiveness of the party forces behind him.

Logically, a Congress-led government looks difficult.

In a unity government, it's very difficult to move anything at all.

There always will naturally be some differences when you form the government with coalition parties. Even some single party governments also face several issues.

You're lucky to head a coalition government. I am a coalition government on my own.

It's very important that we unite as a party and as a country.

We live in a democracy, and people are free to sometimes choose the wrong leader.

When you elected me to serve as your Whip, I committed to create an inclusive and open Whip operation - one that didn't just register your objections and move on, but instead actively sought you out and worked to build coalitions that enabled us to advance our agenda on some of the most controversial issues we have faced.

There are lot of issues we passed out of the House that have gotten not only a lot of Republican support - Tea Party and every group within the Republican conference - but even Democrats.

I'm very much engaged in the political battles. But I'm doing it as a supporter of Republicans... rather than as an active candidate.

The vote controls everything that you do.

I have learned how to take votes where I had to hold my nose because I had to compromise - something that you learn to do, especially when you have been in the minority.

Sometimes you hear that many politicians vote for a bill in various forms before they vote against it, or vice versa. The conflict, negotiation, and eventual compromise involved in this process form the essence of the democratic process.

The government was built on compromising. And it's frustrating as hell.

You'll never get progress in Washington until you have a majority, bipartisan majority, that really wants to solve problems.