Reid Hoffman Quotes

Let's end the political games. Stop the finger pointing and do the work the American people sent us here to do.

I see good ideas on the Republican side as well as the Democratic side. You have to return civility and statesmanship to governance. If you don't do that, it doesn't matter what portfolio of issue you're pushing, nothing is going to get done.

I haven't given up on working... across the aisle on issues and maybe it'll take an election or two for that to fully ferment, maybe it you know sometimes it takes awhile for people to realize what the best path is.

I will always be upfront with the Greek people, so we can solve the country's problems together.

The American people expect and deserve a government that works and leaders who work together.

I strongly believe that crossing the aisle for the good of the American people is more important than party politics.

And I think the American people look to the leaders to lead. They look to the leaders to take on the big problems. And the president deserves a lot of credit for doing that.

I think that shows a level of maturity and understanding that I think bodes well for getting to the bottom of this. But it is really up to you and your staff, on behalf of the American people, to take on that challenge.

Bipartisanship is nice, but it cannot be a substitute for action, not having it cannot prevent us from going forward.

I am ready and prepared to work with the President, but I will not be a rubber stamp for any president.

But if we can work with people in other parties to get the right answer for the country we'll do that.

One of the great joys this year and the year before has been how all of the people in this body, men and women, Republicans and Democrats, have worked together so well with our chairman and the chairman of the full committee to address the issues of housing for our soldiers.

Folks are really tired of this rabid division between Republicans and Democrats. Folks want people to come together and solve the problems and the challenges of America.

Making music is like being the president: You can't tell people you're going to make health care free to get them behind you, but when you get that role, you don't do it.

I am willing to work with anyone that wants to do what is best for this country.

Our expectations of our leaders are too high—in what they can do to effect our day-to-day lives.

The Presidency is a four-year contract with the American electorate. But with television news, the American people can more easily monitor that contract, being sure every "i" is dotted and every "t" crossed.

In campaigning, you want to slay your opponent. In governing, you want to make love to your opponent.

Sometimes the Senate really does rise above politics. It’s rare, but sometimes it happens.

If we’re going to do all the things that the Constitution says that legitimately we can do as a country, … we have to be able to have a Congress where people can talk together like our Founding Fathers did.

I have a long, long record of working with Democrats and Republicans alike.

I have, year after year, been named the most bipartisan member of the whole United States Senate. I have proved my independence.

Throughout his presidency, my grandfather made it clear that he alone could fix nothing; that he alone had no answers. He had the courage to plainly admit America's shortcomings, to then lay out bold plans to address those problems and to ask his fellow Americans for help in solving them.

I just want to work with legislative council members from across the political spectrum to get things done.

Doing what's best for our kids means having a governor that is prepared to reach across the political aisle to do what's best for the people of this state. We must care for each other.