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

  Nancy Pelosi

  Committees, Appointments

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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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• The leaders in Washington have got to come together in a bipartisan way and do the right thing for the people who are being left behind. We cannot have an America that is only based on the wealthy.

  Howard Schultz

  America, People, Leader

  "Howard Schultz, CEO of Starbucks, Interview on the FOX Business Network". Interview with Liz Claman, weiner-laptop.beforeitsnews.com. April 4, 2012.

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• Administration officials, in fact, have repeatedly condemned ISIS for its treatment of religious minorities, including Christians. But a bipartisan resolution now moving through Congress calls on the administration to go further and say ISIS is guilty of genocide.

  Tom Gjelten

  Christian, Religious, Moving

  "As Christians Flee, Governments Pressured To Declare ISIS Guilty Of Genocide". "Morning Edition" with David Greene, www.npr.org. December 24, 2015.

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• We are the in midst of a bipartisan moment as it relates to criminal justice reform and dealing with mass incarceration in America which disproportionately impacts the African-American community.

  Hakeem Jeffries

  Impact, America, Justice

  Source: www.msnbc.com

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• [The healthcare bill is a] headlong rush into socialism....we will not stand for the Obama-Pelosi-Reid hijacking of our freedom and democracy so they can impose their socialist 'utopia' of higher taxes, restricted access, inferior quality, and deadly inefficiency on the best health care system in the world....You and the RNC are all that stand between the Democrats' scheme to take more of your hard-earned income to pay for this unsustainable, freedom destroying entitlement and an opportunity to work for real, truly bipartisan step-by-step solutions.

  Michael Steele

  Real, Opportunity, Quality

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• Education is a bipartisan issue that concern all communities of color and should be first, last and always about the student learning.

  J. C. Watts

  Color, Issues, Community

  Source: beforeitsnews.com

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• As a rule of thumb. Congressional legislation that is bipartisan is usually twice as bad as legislation that is partisan.

  Thomas Sowell

  Thumbs, Legislation, Partisans

  Thomas Sowell (2013). “Ever Wonder Why?: and Other Controversial Essays”, p.334, Hoover Press

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• Israel is a country of six million people. They need the U.S. It used to be bipartisan on Israeli politics. You never messed with that relationship. The fact that [ Benjamin] Netanyahu is willing to do that, I thought would horrify voters more than it turned out it did.

  David Brooks

  Country, Israel, People

  "Shields and Brooks on Netanyahu's election provocation, human trafficking holdup". "PBS Newshour", www.pbs.org. March 20, 2015.

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• I don't think he should make foreign policy on the basis of peak,but I don't think it can be overstated that Israel has been an embattled democracy that has enjoyed the bipartisan and overwhelming support of Americans. It has been a moral force.

  Mark Shields

  Thinking, Israel, Support

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• When the September 11th attacks happened, only about a year later, the crypto community was holding its breath because here was a time when we just had an absolutely horrific terrorist attack on U.S. soil, and if the NSA and the FBI were unhappy with anything, Congress was ready to pass any law they wanted. The PATRIOT Act got pushed through very, very quickly with bipartisan support and very, very little debate, yet it didn't include anything about encryption.

  Matt Blaze

  Years, Law, Nsa

  Source: www.politico.com

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• The progressive notion of the state as a loving, caring parent is becoming a bipartisan affair.

  Jonah Goldberg

  Caring, Parent, Becoming

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• Voters definitely believe Washington is corrupt - but most think its bipartisan.

  Chuck Todd

  Believe, Thinking, Voters

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