Tom Daschle Quotes

I believe in operating in the big middle of the electorate and not being to the far right or the far left. I think you get so much more done.

I will do everything to make sure you never have reason again to vote for extremes.

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.

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

You can't rule America from the fringes. You must rule America from the middle.

Leaders willing to demand centrist government and less alienating politics are rare. Moderation is not considered sexy; bipartisan initiatives are frequently deemed boring. Ironically, it has been left to a media celebrity to fill part of the yawning gap in the middle.

I hope you'll find that my campaign was a reflection of how I plan to govern - bringing people together, building coalitions, and finding common ground.

I'm someone who believes in centrist governing philosophy.

The antidote to frenzied partisanship won’t be found in politics as usual but in problem-solving leaders who govern from the center.

Moderation and bipartisan consensus go hand in hand.

We have to really appeal to that sensible center.

Republicans have to move to a point of greater unity.

I hope that one of my legacies, and I worked to pass it on, is moderation in politics.

The one thing I'm convinced George W. Bush is good at is bipartisanship. It's clearly something he enjoys personally.

The things journalists should pay attention to are the issues the political leadership agrees on, rather than to their supposed antagonisms.

In politics the middle way is none at all.

Bipartisanship helps to avoid extremes and imbalances. It causes compromises and accommodations. So let's cooperate.

We need to punch back against the extremes of both the left and the right and define the terms of the debate ourselves.

Bipartisanship is “the oil of national government.”

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

The art of politics is to find something in the middle that satisfies most.

… triangulation is the idea that you demonstrate to some set of swing voters that you are politically palatable by poking the extremes of both parties in the eye.

I would advise Donald Trump to try to bring and unify this party together.

I believe in a balanced government. I don't believe in minimum or maximum. Balance is always the best way.

I have a lot of reason to believe, as we saw in the 2012 election, most Americans don't agree with the extremists on any side of an issue, but there needs to continue to be an effort to find common ground, or even take it to higher ground on behalf of the future.