William O. Douglas Quotes

The World Trade Center is a living symbol of man's dedication to world peace... a representation of man's belief in humanity, his need for individual dignity, his beliefs in the cooperation of men, and, through cooperation, his ability to find greatness.

Our partnership has been built on four pillars The first pillar is peace. The second pillar is freedom. The third pillar is respect. The fourth pillar is cooperation.

No one is exempt from the call to find common ground.

I hold to nothing but envisioning international peace and utopia. We all have many more things in common than not.

I do believe that the future of civilization belongs to those who would lay emphasis on working together instead of talking about clash of civilizations.

When it all boils down, it's about embracing each others' stories and maybe even finding that synergy to collaborate for the common good.

The forces that are driving mankind toward unity and peace are deep-seated and powerful. They are material and natural, as well as moral and intellectual.

It has been the way of Rotary to focus thought upon matters in which members are in agreement, rather than upon matters in which they are in disagreement.

I kind of feel like we're all humans; we all live on this planet. I kind of always wish there was more of a partnership - a really healthy relationship between people, working together to do things and make it good and change.

The only thing that will redeem mankind is cooperation.

I am a believer in cooperation.

Before the human race today there are only two roads: War or brotherhood.

Comprise should not be a dirty word. It should be what we all strive to achieve jointly.

I believe in our power, in our power which will grow, and if it will grow agreement will come.

… our common interests far outweigh our differences

No matter who we are or what we look like or what we may believe, it is both possible and, more importantly, it becomes powerful to come together in common purpose and common effort.

The more reasons for people to be willing to put their differences aside, the better.

We don't believe in competition.

I believe in collaboration and cooperation.

Unless we can join forces and recognize each other's humanity, how can we do business together, let alone make progress on the increasingly complex and difficult problems in society?

Fusion is the future. The mixing of ideas. The two lunch tables working together. Humanity...we're 1 people.

I don't feel any sense of competition at all, and that might be my naïveté, but I don't feel pitted against anyone at all.

It is necessary for all of us to awaken in ourselves this spirit of cooperation, for then it will not be a mere plan or agreement which causes us to work together, but an extraordinary feeling of togetherness, the sense of joy in being and doing together without any thought of reward or punishment.

We have much to do together. Let us do it in wisdom and love and joy. Let us make this the human experience.

The best teams play for each other, not with each other