Paul Ryan Quotes

Bipartisanship is “the oil of national government.”

True bipartisanship isn’t talking about it. It’s delivering it.

Bipartisanship means you work together to work it out.

I am a Republican who is prepared to compromise—and contrary to the current misconceptions, compromise is not a capitulation of one’s principles

I'm a strong believer in bipartisanship.

Bipartisanship helps to avoid extremes and imbalances. It causes compromises and accommodations. So let's cooperate.

Our country must be strong enough to solve problems, and that means we must learn how to work together again.

When you have... bipartisan support, it shouldn't devolve into a bipartisan fight.

I have long-since said that working... together and accomplishing things in a bipartisan way doesn't mean compromising your values.

I will do my part every day to work with my colleagues in a bipartisan fashion to unite us, and not divide us.

In a divided government, you can't just say, 'It's my way or the highway.'

It seems like when I was growing up there was more compromise, wanting to work with each other, and I think all of them - all of the lawmakers - have hearts to do what's right, and they all are passionate about it.

When I was elected governor of my state, I had a legislature 87 percent Democrat. It was not lost on me that to get anything done, I couldn't be attacking them. I had to find ways to reach out to them.

As a newly married person, as much as I would love for my husband to buy into the 'my way or the highway' philosophy, you realize it's all about compromising and finding some sort of middle ground that everyone can live with.

If the parties get too close together they lose their identities, if they get too far apart you're not going to get a whole lot done because you almost always need to have some folks on the other side of the aisle to accomplish anything.

If ever there was a time for true bipartisanship, it is today.

I think if you're going to get anything done in the Senate, you have to be on the same sheet of music. If you don't get people on the same sheet of music it comes out pretty horrible.

I'm a believer in bipartisanship.

I think people forget that bipartisanship is really the burden of the victor, not the loser.

I have a mindset that says bipartisanship ought to consist of Democrats coming to the Republican point of view.

You don't compromise principles, but you harmonize tactics to preserve unity.

We need a lot more respect in this country for compromise…. There is in compromise a lot of integrity, especially political integrity.

If you really want to get something done in Washington, it has to be done in a bi-Partisan way.

When you hang the 'bipartisan' tag on something, the perception is that differences have been worked out, and there's a broad agreement that that's the way forward.

I am from the Left, but I am happy to work with people from the Right.