Tom Coburn Quotes

Where people are trying to split Americans from each other I want there desperately to be bipartisanship.

I think we can end the divisions within the United States. What I think is quite clear is that we can work together in the last analysis. And that what has been going on with the United States over the period of that last three years, the divisions, the violence, the disenchantment with our society, the divisions - whether it's between blacks and whites, between the poor and the more affluent, or between age groups, or in the war in Vietnam - that we can work together. We are a great country, an unselfish country and a compassionate country. And I intend to make that my basis for running.

We aren't as divided as we think we are. We're not just Republicans sitting in one corner, and Democrats sitting in the other corner.

I think America right now is looking for somebody who appeals to every faction.

In a politically diverse nation, only by finding that common ground can we achieve results for the common good.

We need to stop treating our opponents as our enemies.

How to Turn Democrats & Republicans Into Americans

When you see Obama and Trump shake hands and seem to show respect to one another - that is what we need.

A super-legislator body is not what the court was intended to be, When I ponder our country and its greatness, its weakness, its potential, my heart aches for less divisiveness, less polarization, less finger-pointing, less bitterness, less mindless partisanship.

Lay aside all rancor, all bitter sectional feeling, and to make your places in the ranks of those who will bring about a consummation devoutly to be wished—a reunited country.

The day of parts of the country hating each other, or rivalries like that... I feel like that's dead.

We simply must look beyond partisan goals and find common ground as Americans. It is imperative that the Members of Congress recognize that partisanship will not serve the American people.

There is too much at stake for us to surrender to the politics of polarization.

As the nation watches, Democrats and Republicans should reflect the interspersed character of America itself. Perhaps, by sitting with each other for one night, we will begin to rekindle that common spark that brought us here from 50 different states and widely diverging backgrounds to serve the public good.

I want Thailand to be a peaceful country.

I loved September 12th. I loved the way - it's awful but, boy, did I love that day when we all came together. All the bickering stopped. All the partisan, cheap partisan warfare stopped.

The loudest voices we hear are those who advocate conflict, divisiveness.

The greatest good we can do our country is to heal its party divisions and make them one people.

Equally gratifying is it to witness the increased harmony of opinion which pervades our Union. Discord does not belong in our system.

… the government that divides us least

Too often bipartisanship is equated with centrism or deal-cutting. Bipartisanship is not the opposite of principle. One can be very conservative or very liberal and still have a bipartisan mind-set. Such a mind-set acknowledges that the other party is also patriotic and may have some good ideas. It acknowledges that national unity is important, and that aggressive partisanship deepens cynicism, sharpens political vendettas and depletes the national reserve of good will that is critical to our survival in hard times

You can’t build a united nation on the basis of revenge.

Our relations with the other powers of the world are important, but still more important are our relations among ourselves.

We have to transcend our differences to transform our future.

Australia can no longer afford to go down the path of confrontation and fragmentation which has embittered and disfigured so many aspects of the national life.