Bridging the Divide Quotes

I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend.

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

Education … is the great equalizer of all the other conditions of men.

Rhetorically, President Obama is a champion of bipartisanship. In practice, though, he is almost always its enemy.

Conservatives are not our enemies. They are our neighbors.

I have a mindset that says bipartisanship ought to consist of Democrats coming to the Republican point of view.

I'm an Obama supporter, no question. But it doesn't mean there's nothing to learn from the other side.

I think I'm so old I'm in. We call it the 'Tony Bennett Syndrome.' For some reason, young people think I'm cool.

We can be civil. We can still be friends, and be Democrats and Republicans, and have different views.

There are two barriers that often prevent communication between the young and their elders. The first is middle-aged forgetfulness of the fact that they themselves are no longer young. The second is youthful ignorance of the fact that the middle aged are still alive.

As the U.S. ambassador to Japan, I see this challenge of our younger generations not knowing each other as well as the prior generations.

I am focused on building a stronger Canada, a country where we tackle growing inequality, where we unlock the full potential of our citizens and where no one is left behind.

We aren't as divided as we think we are. We're not just Republicans sitting in one corner, and Democrats sitting in the other corner.

I worked for President Bush and President Obama. I had Democratic bosses and Republican bosses. I believe in order to actually get things done, we do need to buckle down and often reach across the aisle.

Thoughtful people of different political philosophies can disagree, but in a very agreeable manner.

Our efforts are to be directed towards narrowing the gap between the study of shastras and science.

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.

Every generation revolts against its fathers and makes friends with its grandfathers.

Let us build bridges, my friends, build bridges to human dignity across that gulf that separates black America from white America.

Reaching out to other people is important work. I am so pleased and honored that I'm getting the attention from the young people on social media. It's been missing.

When everybody goes into their separate corners, it's just real easy to demonize the other side instead of saying, 'Okay, how can we come together and figure out how to get done what's important for the country?'

I think the amount of love and trust on Capitol Hill is often in short supply, and having more dogs here would probably make this place work better and maybe in a more bipartisan manner.

The biggest thing I've learned from my dad is he's had adoring crowds of 8,000 at Berkeley, and 6,000 at Jerry Falwell's Liberty University. That's an amazing feat to have people coming out in one of the most liberal universities and one of the most conservative.

Every generation challenges the one that goes before.

We’ve got to debunk the myth that Democrats and Republicans are different species that cannot crossbreed.