Gene Green Quotes

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.

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

On certain issues, one has to rise above party politics for the country to run.

I'm willing to work with anyone to move this country forward.

I'm willing to work with anybody that will put the country first.

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

I'm here tonight, not as a Republican, not as a Democrat, but as an optimistic American who understands that we must come together behind the one man who can lead the way forward in these challenging times: my president, our president, Barack Obama!

This country was founded by individuals who worked together for the common good.

[Addressing Congress:] The people await action. They did not send us here to bicker ... Let us negotiate soon—and hard. But in the end, let us produce.

That's what the United States is about: honorable compromise.

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

There are some in Congress who would rather see their opponents lose than see their country win. That has got to stop…. They must find a way to put country ahead of party.

You must have a majority to make peace, not just a good idea.

It's time to put country ahead of party. It's time to put the next generation ahead of the next election.

Communists must grasp the principle of subordinating the needs of the part to the needs of the whole. If a proposal appears feasible for a partial situation but not for the situation as a whole, then the part must give way to the whole. Conversely, if the proposal is not feasible for the part but is feasible in the light of the situation as a whole, again the part must give way to the whole.

Good Democrats love America. Good Republicans love America. We need a leader who understands not just the words of unity but the practice of building unity.

A consensus on realising the goal of universal suffrage is not unattainable if we bear the common good in mind, move a step further, and try to resolve the differences or even stop insisting on some of one's own views.

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.

The construction of Europe is an art. It is the art of the possible.

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

I believe in pulling together to make the country better right rather than pulling, tearing it apart for partisan reasons. I think the country comes first.

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

We have to find compromises. That's the way it is in Norway.

I believe we are now in a struggle over whether or not we are going to save America.

The one thing I'm convinced George W. Bush is good at is bipartisanship. It's clearly something he enjoys personally.