Dick Durbin Quotes

I have long-since said that working... together and accomplishing things in a bipartisan way doesn't mean compromising your values.

I hear from everybody, and they say 'Joe, nowhere but in Washington do they think not working together makes sense.' We're not hired to fight.

Believe it or not, one of the things I try to do around here is try to look for opportunities to work with people across the aisle. I know that's not the common narrative. But the truth is if you want to get anything done, that's an absolute requirement.

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

Bipartisanship is “the oil of national government.”

We will face the challenges head on. We will work with both parties, across the aisle, to make our state better.

If politicians of both parties would spend more time legislating and less time attacking each other, we would all be better off.

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

Bipartisanship means you work together to work it out.

To get Congress working again, I'm dedicated to working with anyone who has an open mind, good ideas, and a willingness to work together.

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.

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

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.

I've been able to bridge divides in a very partisan time and get Republicans and Democrats to work with me to try to improve people's lives.

Every one of us in Congress has a responsibility to keep working together and stay focused on what matters.

I'm a huge fan of bipartisanship and working together to get things done.

The idea that two political parties can't come together to get a mission done is foreign to me - and unacceptable.

I'll be reaching across the aisle to find opportunities to work with Democrats on the issues that desperately need to be addressed.

I'm a strong believer in bipartisanship.

I'm willing to meet with anyone, Democrat or Republican, who has a good idea, an open mind and a willingness to come together to tackle the challenges we face.

There is too much at stake for us to surrender to the politics of polarization.

I think it's very important to get ego out of the room. I think it's important to realize it takes two hands to clap - stop the pointing, stop the blame game. I think we've seen enough of that, I think the country is tired of it. I think they want to see Washington function, they want to see action.

If the parties get too close together they lose their identities, if they get too far apart you're not going to get a whole lot done because you almost always need to have some folks on the other side of the aisle to accomplish anything.

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

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