Hugh Prather Quotes

The Bible says that two cannot walk together unless they are agreed.

Bipartisanship means you work together to work it out.

I believe in our power, in our power which will grow, and if it will grow agreement will come.

I have always believed in evolving a consensus before taking any major decision.

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.

Moderation and bipartisan consensus go hand in hand.

Good governance requires working toward common ground. It isn't easy.

We cannot agree on everything but we must agree on the framework.

It is my earnest hope that all parties across the political spectrum will bear Hong Kong's long-term interests in mind, apply their political wisdom, and seek a consensus through open and rational communication with people of different views.

There have always been different opinions on some elements of our sanction policy. It will probably stay that way... What is important is that we keep this unity and decide all together.

I'm all in favour of talking to other parties, always have been, always will be. I'm a pluralist, talk to them, see what we've got in common, work together, fine.

Those of different faiths and no faith should seek areas of common agreement based on their different perspectives.

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.

Good discourse sinks differences and seeks agreements.

We can find common ground only by moving to higher ground.

The only valid starting point is to understand what we all share - we have to find what we can all agree on.

If we agree on everything, only one of us is necessary.

Consensus demands communication.

Reaching and understanding is the process of bringing about an agreement on the presupposed basis of validity claims that are mutually recognized.

Even if we don't agree, we should agree to work together.

At every moment of our lives we should be trying to find out, not in what we differ with other people, but in what we agree with them.

We have to build a political consensus and that requires people to give up a little bit of their own turf in order to create this common ground.

"We speak different languages, as usual," responded Woland, "but this does not change the things we speak about. Well?..."

I absolutely think that it's possible for us to find common ground.