Jay Weatherill Quotes

When people are divided, the only solution is agreement.

The loudest voices we hear are those who advocate conflict, divisiveness.

Let us not be blind to our differences, but let us also direct attention to our common interests and to the means by which those differences can be resolved.

Ultimately, peace depends on compromise.

If you want peace, you have to accept the other. Talk to the other, and accept that they have rights.

It is important to remember that if we treat people who could be allies as enemies, we can only alienate them from our cause.

Our differences needn't divide us, but unity takes work.

Can we all get along?

It is understanding that gives us an ability to have peace. When we understand the other fellow's viewpoint, and he understands ours, then we can sit down and work out our differences.

Hopefully, we can build bridges, but we also have to draw lines.

We must learn that we can disagree with each other without becoming deadly enemies.

I have differences with every single human being I know, but that difference shouldn’t define our relationship.

We have differences. That’s why we’re here. That’s what Congress does.

This is not the time to make enemies.

We need to stop treating our opponents as our enemies.

However profound our differences as Americans over difficult issues such as abortion, they cannot be resolved by heinous acts of violence.

You don't promote the cause of peace by talking only to people with whom you agree.

Conversations create change. It's easy to call someone 'enemy,' but there's more to it, right?

We develop sentiments that we are only going to work with people like us. But you don't build up a nation by working with people like you. You overcome a history of conflict by reaching out to people very much unlike you.

In any relationship, there's gonna be conflict.

As a community, we create a lot of space for fighting and pushing back, but not enough for connecting and healing.

Sometimes, we find common ground; more often, we don't.

Talk to your enemies; sometimes ignorance comes from a lack of understanding.

The natural instinct is to join in the chorus of conflict, to make your voice louder, your point bigger, and your position stronger. But we will not solve the significant and real problems our country faces if we cannot bring ourselves to embrace a mindset of grace.

All sides must learn to respect one another.