Common Ground Quotes

In any area of the U.N. we... have to agree on certain language that can represent the same spirit, but that can be accepted by everyone.

The distinctions between Virginians, Pennsylvanians, New Yorkers and New Englanders are no more. I am not a Virginian; I am an American.... All distinctions are thrown down; all America is one mass.

When it is a question of money, everybody is of the same religion.

… the difficulty in bringing our people to agree upon it has ever discouraged me.

Stories teach us empathy. They reveal to us ourselves in the skins of others.

If you can get them to see the world as you do, they will think as you do.

I like the enemy knowing there are a few guys like me around.

Americans know that we have more in common than we do differences.

We have called by different names brethren of the same principle. We are all Republicans; we are all Federalists.

When John Kerry and Zell Miller and George Bush can agree on an issue, you know it's got legs.

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

O people of the Book; Come, let us join together on the "word" (Unity of God), that is common to us all

Every difference of opinion is not a difference of principle.

Christianity, Judaism and Islam all share a gospel, loosely, and it's important that we all realize that.

A common religion is not possible for India, but a recognition of a common basis for all religions, and the growth of a liberal, tolerant spirit in religious matters, are possible.

I had this wild thought that he was the only one in all this chaos who was just like me, and that was comforting and profound all at once.

The election is over, and even though there are people who have different ideologies and beliefs, from now on we must all embrace each other, creating a harmonious and unified new Taiwan through our love and tolerance.

Beyond these models of reconciliation, a theology of mysticism provides some hope for common ground between Christianity and Islam. Both religions have within their histories examples of ecstatic union with God, which seem at odds with their own spiritual traditions but have much in common with each other.

I don't need to have my convictions confirmed by a show of numbers. However, being among people in front of a band leads me to believe that all is not lost, that humans, now and then, can communicate on a higher level than the political and the practical.

We need a national service that throws us all together, the urban with the rural, the Fox News types with the MSNBC crowd. That way, Americans can get to know Americans and learn - as previous generations did - that we are all Americans.

Here is a diversity of religions, educations, manners, interest, such as it would seem almost impossible to unite in one plan of conduct.

Not by force of arms are civilizations held together, but by subtle threads of moral and intellectual principle.

All men are equal before fish.

What unites us, is much greater than what divides us.

Even if I'm in Japan and I don't speak Japanese and the woman facing me doesn't speak French but she's dressed in Rykiel, and she recognizes me, then we have a common language right away.