Bipartisan Quotes

• The only bipartisan place in D.C. is Brooks Brothers.

  Tony Hale

  Brother, Brooks Brothers, Brooks

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• The word bipartisan usually means some larger-than-usual deception is being carried out.

  George Carlin

  Mean, Deception, Usual

  George Carlin (1998). “Brain Droppings”, Hyperion

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• I will not be making appointments to a committee that is not bipartisan.

  Nancy Pelosi

  Committees, Appointments

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• If there is a nuclear tactic being used here, I submit it is the use of that obstruction where a willful minority blocks a bipartisan majority from voting on the President's judicial nominees.

  John Cornyn

  Block, Voting, President

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• I want to make it clear publicly that I expect more candor from this Administration during the next four years, particularly with members on the Foreign Relations Committee so that we can maintain a bipartisan foreign policy.

  George Voinovich

  Years, Four, Want

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• Whenever a fellow tells me he's bipartisan, I know he's going to vote against me.

  Harry S. Truman

  Political, Politics, Vote

  Harry S. Truman, Ralph Keyes (1995). “Wit and wisdom of Harry Truman”, Harpercollins

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

  Brad Henry

  Today, Ifs, Bipartisanship

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

  Nancy Pelosi

  Nice, Action, Substitutes

  "What's Next: Finance Bill?". Interview with Guy Raz, www.npr.org. March 27, 2010.

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• Bipartisanship isn't an option anymore; it is a requirement. The American people have divided responsibility for leadership right down the middle.

  Tom Daschle

  Responsibility, People, Requirements

  "Democratic Sen. Tom Daschle, Rep. Dick Gephardt Extend Hand of Bipartisanship to President-Elect George W. Bush". www.cnn.com. December 14, 2000.

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• I sure tried to help deliver compromise, consensus, bipartisanship.

  Stephanie Herseth Sandlin

  Helping, Compromise, Consensus

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

  Richard Mourdock

  Views, Republican, Mindset

  "Mourdock dismisses Lugar attack". Interview, www.politico.com. May 9, 2012.

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• We are looking for bipartisan solutions not partisan rhetoric.

  Paul Ryan

  Rhetoric, Partisans, Solutions

  "CNN Newsroom" with Brooke Baldwin, www.cnn.com. April 13, 2011.

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• The goal with a big piece of social legislation is to have a bipartisan result, so the country will accept it

  Lamar Alexander

  Country, Goal, Pieces

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• The people we elect aren't bipartisan. The American public is bipartisan.

  Lewis Black

  People

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• In the first weeks of the Obama administration, 'bipartisanship' was the reigning buzzword, and when the Beltway thinks 'bipartisan,' it pictures President Reagan and Democratic Speaker of the House Tip O'Neill putting aside their differences and forging a legislative partnership, a ruddy pair of genial patriarchs bonding over the Blarney Stone.

  James Wolcott

  Thinking, Differences, House

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• It's time to look beyond the budget ax to assure access to health care for all. It's time to look for bipartisan solutions to the problems we can tackle today, and to work together for tomorrow - building a health care system that works for all Americans.

  Ron Wyden

  Working Together, Looks, Care

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• I think history would say that medical research has, throughout many changes of parties, remained as one of the shining lights of bipartisan agreement, that people are concerned about health for themselves, for their families, for their constituents.

  Francis Collins

  Party, Thinking, Light

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• Israel has, enjoys bipartisan support - both Democrats and Republicans - and we extend bipartisan hospitality to both Democrats and Republicans.

  Benjamin Netanyahu

  Israel, Support, Hospitality

  "Feinstein, Johnson debate stricter gun control; Netanyahu on dangerous times in the Middle East". Interview with Chris Wallace, www.foxnews.com. July 22, 2012.

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• I will say that I think Israel enjoys strong bipartisan support in the United States. It's really above and beyond American politics.

  Benjamin Netanyahu

  Strong, Thinking, Israel

  Interview with David Muir, abcnews.go.com. September 23, 2011.

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• There are three legs of the stool; spending, entitlements and making the tax code fair and equitable. That's the three legs of the stool. If we do all of those in a responsible, bipartisan way, I think the American people would all be very, very happy.

  Claire McCaskill

  Thinking, People, Three

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• The way you have bipartisan negotiations, you sit down across the table, as we did with Ted Kennedy, as I've done with many other members, and you say, 'OK, here's what I want, here's what you want. We'll adhere to your principles, but we'll make concessions.'

  John McCain

  Principles, Done, Tables

  "Meet the Press" with David Gregory, www.realclearpolitics.com. February 28, 2010.

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• I think that there is a bipartisan consensus that's incorrect that we should have the whole world be in NATO. For example, if we had Ukraine and Georgia in NATO - and this is something McCain and the other neocons have advocated for - we would be at war now because Russia has invaded both of them.

  Rand Paul

  War, Thinking, Russia

  Source: www.realclearpolitics.com

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• One bipartisan policy tradition is to deny Americans the use of our own resources.

  Harold Ford, Jr.

  Use, Tradition, Deny

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• What I think we need to do to engage the American people in a conversation about entitlement reform is to have a bipartisan group of people who come together and put every solution on the table, every alternative on the table. And then we ought to engage in a long conversation with the American people so they understand the choices.

  Carly Fiorina

  Thinking, Long, People

  "Republicans Struggle To Say How They Would Pay For Tax Cuts" by Amanda Terkel, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 17, 2010.

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• We believe - we believe that, if we tell the people the truth, that they will act bigger than the pettiness we see in Washington, D.C. We believe it is possible to forge bipartisan compromise, and stand up for our conservative principles.

  Chris Christie

  Believe, People, Principles

  Speech at the Republican National Convention, www.foxnews.com. August 28, 2012.

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