John F. Kennedy Quotes

It's not about division. It's not about politics. My concern is how do we come together?

One thing that stands out throughout the entire year was that in South Dakota we are much more united than we are divided. Now the divided part creates news, but the united part is what moves us forward.

Things happen in American politics in the political center. If the President will meet us in the center, there are things we can accomplish.

Goodness knows, we have horrible problems to face in this Congress. I hope we can face them as colleagues in working unitedly for the people of this country and certainly not indulging in animosity or referring to each other as ''enemies.''

True bipartisanship isn’t talking about it. It’s delivering it.

Bipartisanship means you work together to work it out.

If we can’t agree on the facts, how can we agree on the solutions?

I have always believed in evolving a consensus before taking any major decision.

When you hang the 'bipartisan' tag on something, the perception is that differences have been worked out, and there's a broad agreement that that's the way forward.

You need people that are willing to talk to the other side, or you're never going to get anything done. You need to be willing to expand your ground. There's always usually a place on issues where you can find common ground.

Moderation and bipartisan consensus go hand in hand.

The best way to promote and protect opportunity is through collaboration, consensus-building, and pragmatic problem-solving. Throughout nearly 30 years in public service, I have approached tough challenges by making room for as many people as possible around the table in search of common ground.

Good governance requires working toward common ground. It isn't easy.

We cannot agree on everything but we must agree on the framework.

Republicans - well, we're all part of the same family. We need to have some good disagreements with each other; we need to debate, but in the end, it's all about uniting, not dividing.

There have always been different opinions on some elements of our sanction policy. It will probably stay that way... What is important is that we keep this unity and decide all together.

I'm all in favour of talking to other parties, always have been, always will be. I'm a pluralist, talk to them, see what we've got in common, work together, fine.

It's time to put America at the front of all of our agendas and to find ways to work together on common ground.

I think it's an urgent plea for us all to sit down together.

We have to build a political consensus and that requires people to give up a little bit of their own ... in order to create this common ground.

We can solve many problems in an appropriate way, without any difficulty, if we cultivate harmony, friendship and respect for one another.

If we agree on everything, only one of us is necessary.

Even if we don't agree, we should agree to work together.

I think that's my nature, to want to bring people together rather than to try to bombard them into agreement.

We have to build a political consensus and that requires people to give up a little bit of their own turf in order to create this common ground.