Hillary Clinton Quotes

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 sure tried to help deliver compromise, consensus, bipartisanship.

Bipartisanship means you work together to work it out.

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

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.

We have to find compromises. That's the way it is in Norway.

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.

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.

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

Compromise, compromise and compromise.

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.

One of the ways usually that you build a bipartisan agreement is one side gives up a little, and the other side gives up a little.

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 can find common ground only by moving to higher ground.

We come to reason, not to dominate. We do not seek to have our way, but to find a common way.

To me, consensus seems to be the process of abandoning all beliefs, principles, values and policies. So it is something in which no one believes and to which no one objects.

It's not about division. It's not about politics. My concern is how do we come together?

In politics, you must let the other person have your way.

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.

Compromise works well in this world when you have shared goals.

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