Maria Echaveste Quotes

In this House, we may belong to different parties, but we serve one country.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

It's very important that we unite as a party and as a country.

I am against nationalists, but I am very much in favour of patriots.

Indian democracy's greatest strength is that we have always put the nation above politics.

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.

When a country is at war we want Congressmen, regardless of party, to back up the government of the United States.

Democrats and Republicans should get together and unite for the good of our country and for the good of the American people.

People are coming together - Democrats, Republicans, Independents - all of us to reject hate and division.

I think that to the extent that we focus on problems where we can build a moral and a political consensus, then I think that we move the country forward and when we are divided and our politics is focused on dividing, then I think we're less successful, not just from the perspective of the Democratic Party or the Republican Party but from the perspective of the nation as a whole.

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

I do hope President Trump's calls for bipartisanship are genuine, and I also hope he takes the actions needed to unify the country.

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.

When we put country first, it's amazing that we're going to be able to bring people together instead of dividing America.

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

To those who would divide us or drive us to the extremes of either political party, I remind you that Maryland has been called 'a state of middle temperament.' Our politics need that middle temperament as well.

The overwhelming majority of Americans want decent and civil political dialogue, and candidates for office and elected leaders must continue to call for calm and unity, even when there are intense differences of opinion.

I was no party man myself, and the first wish of my heart was, if parties did exist, to reconcile them.

This country cannot afford to tear itself apart on a partisan basis on issues so vital to our national security.