Tom Daschle Quotes

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.

… the partisan spirit will lead astray decency, reason and justice; and these Estates-General for which we have yearned for so long will only be reunited to spread discord.

Divisiveness is the only thing that sells today. Comity dies not sell. Civility does not sell.

When the Tea Party comes to town, compromise goes out the door.

Partisanship is our great curse. We too readily assume that everything has two sides and that it is our duty to be on one or the other.

We are fond of distinctions; we place ourselves in opposition, and quarrel under the denominations of faction and party, without any material subject of controversy.

We've become so polarized we've become paralyzed.

Partisanship has gotten worse and worse.

People say, 'Oh, politics is so polarized today,' and I'm thinking... '1861, that was polarized.'

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

It's a bit unfair to accuse Obama of dividing the nation when the facts show that it already is.

I think America has always been polarized.

I think one of the things that we are facing right now is that we've stopped listening to each other in our politics.

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.

The Right-wingers everywhere take themselves too seriously, whether in the U.S. or the U.K. And, by the way, so does the Left. The Left can take itself a little too seriously as well.

Our citizens never hesitate to take sides against one another, whether it's Democrats versus Republicans, Coke drinkers opposed to Pepsi enthusiasts or Yankee loyalists against Red Sox aficionados.

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

In Washington, compromise has become a dirty word.

Politics has got too personal, too nasty, in Britain, as it has in America.

Politics is a highly tribal business.

I've never seen Washington as divided as we are right now.

Politics is so personal, vicious and immediate, how are you going to get anything done? Even the local politics where I live have gotten so ugly.

Each side had its uninformed fanatics. And each side had political leaders who fanned the flames with their rhetoric.

By definition, politics is, or ought to be, division.

In politics you win by division.