Brad Henry 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.

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.

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.

Whether we're Democrats or Republicans or independents, we have to learn to hang together or we're gonna hang separately.

Democrats and Republicans alike are citizens. Equal patriotism is in each

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

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.

America is a strong and resilient country. And I know we will succeed, if we put aside partisanship and politics and work together as one nation.

The Republicans are coming - make nice.

I hear from everybody, and they say 'Joe, nowhere but in Washington do they think not working together makes sense.' We're not hired to fight.

There are moderates in Israel. There are moderates in Iran, there are moderates in the Republican Party, moderates in the Democratic Party. What we need to do is we need link all of these moderates together and to figure out a way by which this particular coalition can speak to important issues to marginalize the voice of the extremists.

When it's for the good of your state, you put partisan differences aside.

Necessity is the mother of bipartisanship.

Working together during the past three years, we have confounded the skeptics and the cynics. We've shown that here in Virginia, Democrats and Republicans can come together, put politics aside, and make tough decisions when times demand it.

Bipartisanship is like marriage. It takes two to make it work. It only takes one to make it a failure. The President has been playing politics with foreign policy.

Goodness knows, we have horrible problems to face in this Congress. I hope we can face them as colleagues in working unitedly for the people of this country and certainly not indulging in animosity or referring to each other as ''enemies.''

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

I was not elected to serve one party but to serve one nation.

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.

How to Turn Democrats & Republicans Into Americans

We're not Democrats first. We're not Republicans first. We're Americans first. We're patriots first.

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

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

Let's set aside political gamesmanship and work together for the sake of our children.

We must have courage to set partisanship aside and embrace the best ideas and solutions no matter which side of the aisle they come from.