Lyndon B. Johnson Quotes

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

Costa Rica believes in building bridges, in looking for solutions to problems, and not clinging to positions.

The main purpose of dialogue is to come to an agreement on how the two parties can work together, realize their mutual interests, and avoid conflict as much as possible

If we can’t agree on the facts, how can we agree on the solutions?

By nature, I am a unifier. I am a builder of consensus. I don't believe in sloppy compromise. But I do believe in bringing people together.

You need people that are willing to talk to the other side, or you're never going to get anything done. You need to be willing to expand your ground. There's always usually a place on issues where you can find common ground.

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

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

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.

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.

I am a very committed person when it comes to finding common ground.

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.

Solutions must be based on compromises.

If you want to make peace with your enemy, you have to work with your enemy. Then he becomes your partner.

Through mutual understanding, sincerity and goodwill, and with great wisdom and broad views, the leaders on both sides should jointly initiate new opportunities for peace, stability, cooperation and mutual benefit.

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

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 sure tried to help deliver compromise, consensus, bipartisanship.

There comes a point, in any kind of, whether it's in your family discussions or business or whatever, where you finally have to get over the making of the points and now let's see if we can find common ground.

Things happen in American politics in the political center. If the President will meet us in the center, there are things we can accomplish.

We aren't going to agree on everything and there will be other areas where we will be working together.

I believe any time that both parties are talking, it's a good thing.

Negotiations can create conditions that can lead to solutions.

Encourage a readiness to find consensus.

Bipartisanship means you work together to work it out.