Raja Krishnamoorthi Quotes

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

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

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.

We have to transcend our differences to transform our future.

Through art, through people working together and building relationships and trust, people can overcome the problems of politics.

Unless you are willing to compromise, society cannot live together.

Peace is a never ending process... It cannot ignore our differences or overlook our common interests. It requires us to work and live together.

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

My opinion on who's wrong or who's right has nothing to do with the fact that we have to bring together people who are against each other, to transform antagonism into cooperation.

I know Barack Obama. And I believe that as president, he'll pursue the common good by seeking common ground rather than trying to divide us.

It's time to put our differences aside and find ways to work together to move Wisconsin forward.

There's no room for petty grievances in politics.

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

In face of political differences, contradictions and struggle, the Church preaches peace and co-operation among people holding various political views

… our common interests far outweigh our differences

While significant differences between our governments continue, the progress of the last two years reminds the world of what is possible when we are defined not by the past but by the future we can build together.

We simply must find ways both to bridge the differences that still seem to divide us and focus on the things that we share.

You always have to come from the element of 'What do you have in common?' first. It makes it easier to work through your differences.

When everybody goes into their separate corners, it's just real easy to demonize the other side instead of saying, 'Okay, how can we come together and figure out how to get done what's important for the country?'

Republicans - well, we're all part of the same family. We need to have some good disagreements with each other; we need to debate, but in the end, it's all about uniting, not dividing.

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

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

No one is exempt from the call to find common ground.

I'm a strong believer in bipartisanship.

So we should all, me included, stop fighting each other and arguing about our differences on certain policies.