Robert Gibbs Quotes

The more reasons for people to be willing to put their differences aside, the better.

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

Now is the time to show maximum responsibility. It is not the time to pay off old scores nor for sterile partisan recriminations. It is time to re-establish a climate of calmness and mutual respect.

We have differences. That’s why we’re here. That’s what Congress does.

Let us not be blind to our differences, but let us also direct attention to our common interests and to the means by which those differences can be resolved.

… our common interests far outweigh our differences

We must reject the easy impulses of bitterness and rancor and embrace the difficult work, but the important work, the vital work of finding a path forward together.

If we put our differences aside, we can do great things.

I think, more than anything, in times of crisis we should be shedding party labels.

We live in the greatest country in the world, but the tone and destructive rhetoric across the ideological spectrum is tearing our country apart and we must return to a society that works towards finding common ground on issues where we disagree.

Our differences needn't divide us, but unity takes work.

The truth is that searching for our commonality instead of our differences could transform our dysfunctional politics.

I just hope we can find our way back to engaging with one another, arguing strongly with one another, and then going down and having a root beer together or something and - and having a good laugh about it as we work together for the best interests of the next generation of Americans who are going to inherit this country.

The way to go from discord to harmony is to go from concentrating on differences to concentrating on similarities.

Good discourse sinks differences and seeks agreements.

Moderate doesn't mean that you're a wimp - far from it. It means that you've chosen a path because you believe that's the only way for global harmony and peace.

Can we all get along?

If you study both 'Gilligan' and 'Brady,' you will see they are based on a similar philosophy: that it's possible for different kinds of people to learn to live together, either in a family or stuck on an island with no escape.

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.

We need to seek wise leaders who will seek common ground among Americans instead of dividing us further for political gain. As citizens, we must embrace those who embrace ideas, thoughtfulness, civility and kindness to others no matter what their political beliefs.

Peace is more important than all justice; and peace was not made for the sake of justice, but justice for the sake of peace.

Peace and not war is the father of all things.

I will end the history of division and conflict through reconciliation and fairness.

President Obama celebrates diversity, yet instinctively seeks common ground and builds on that common ground to make progress.

It is time for us to turn a corner and come together, put our differences behind us and focus on the future.