Mitch McConnell Quotes

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.

I sure tried to help deliver compromise, consensus, 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.

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

When you have... bipartisan support, it shouldn't devolve into a bipartisan fight.

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.

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

I think people forget that bipartisanship is really the burden of the victor, not the loser.

Periods of cooperation between political parties shouldn't be taken for granted; they are a stunning human achievement.

Necessity is the mother of bipartisanship.

Moderation and bipartisan consensus go hand in hand.

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.

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

We want to move forward in a bipartisan fashion to solve our problems.

Bipartisanship is really tough to achieve when everyone on both sides is left with a bad, bad taste in their mouths.

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

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

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.

Even if we don't agree, we should agree to work together.

I'm a strong believer in bipartisanship.

Bipartisanship is nice, but it cannot be a substitute for action, not having it cannot prevent us from going forward.

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