Bill Clinton Quotes

When you have a Senate that is 50 Democrats and 49 Republicans and one independent, it's quite obvious that the only way we are going to get something done is if we work together.

And humility in politics means accepting that one party doesn't have all the answers; recognising that working in partnership is progress not treachery.

Working together during the past three years, we have confounded the skeptics and the cynics. We've shown that here in Virginia, Democrats and Republicans can come together, put politics aside, and make tough decisions when times demand it.

Goodness knows, we have horrible problems to face in this Congress. I hope we can face them as colleagues in working unitedly for the people of this country and certainly not indulging in animosity or referring to each other as ''enemies.''

We need a lot more respect in this country for compromise…. There is in compromise a lot of integrity, especially political integrity.

It is past time for Democrats and Republicans to join together to create a bipartisan coalition for courage and common sense.

In the past, leaders of both parties have been able to reach across the partisan divide. They succeeded by retaining their own humanity and recognizing the same in their political opponents.

People ask, 'How do you work with the other side?' Well, I start by not saying bad things about them.

I think that we have to do everything we can to work together, Democrats and Republicans, and then if we go the initiative route like we have done in the past, go together.

I'm a strong believer in bipartisanship.

You've got to reach a hand of friendship across the aisle and across philosophies in this country.

Perhaps we should worry less about judging people for being Mormon or Baptist or Muslim or gay or straight or black or white or Latino or by their religious or political brands and worry more about electing thoughtful, serious and ethical politicians on both sides of the political isle who are willing to work together for progress.

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

I'm a believer in bipartisanship.

Bipartisanship is “the oil of national government.”

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

Bipartisanship means you work together to work it out.

This is good government. We have divided government. To make divided government work you can’t ask each other to compromise core principles…. We ask each other to find common ground for the common good.

I have a long, long record of working with Democrats and Republicans alike.

I am from the Left, but I am happy to work with people from the Right.

I think that what people want is for government to function... not through temper tantrums and saying we are not going to participate, we are not going to play ball.

When you see Obama and Trump shake hands and seem to show respect to one another - that is what we need.

Good Democrats love America. Good Republicans love America. We need a leader who understands not just the words of unity but the practice of building unity.

Being respected by people on both sides of the aisle is really important to me - even in an age when giving a hearing to 'both sides' is considered a smear in some corners.

When you reach across the aisle and open your heart and mind, you might just find that you have more in common than you think with the guy on the other side of the fence.