Nikki Haley Quotes

I hear from everybody, and they say 'Joe, nowhere but in Washington do they think not working together makes sense.' We're not hired to fight.

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

Working together during the past three years, we have confounded the skeptics and the cynics. We've shown that here in Virginia, Democrats and Republicans can come together, put politics aside, and make tough decisions when times demand it.

Goodness knows, we have horrible problems to face in this Congress. I hope we can face them as colleagues in working unitedly for the people of this country and certainly not indulging in animosity or referring to each other as ''enemies.''

We will face the challenges head on. We will work with both parties, across the aisle, to make our state better.

Every one of us in Congress has a responsibility to keep working together and stay focused on what matters.

We must have courage to set partisanship aside and embrace the best ideas and solutions no matter which side of the aisle they come from.

President Obama celebrates diversity, yet instinctively seeks common ground and builds on that common ground to make progress.

In the United States Senate, we cannot do great things without reaching across the aisle and working together - and I look forward to the challenges ahead.

Necessity is the mother of bipartisanship.

True bipartisanship isn’t talking about it. It’s delivering it.

To get Congress working again, I'm dedicated to working with anyone who has an open mind, good ideas, and a willingness to work together.

Believe it or not, one of the things I try to do around here is try to look for opportunities to work with people across the aisle. I know that's not the common narrative. But the truth is if you want to get anything done, that's an absolute requirement.

Let's end the political games. Stop the finger pointing and do the work the American people sent us here to do.

Republicans - well, we're all part of the same family. We need to have some good disagreements with each other; we need to debate, but in the end, it's all about uniting, not dividing.

We want to move forward in a bipartisan fashion to solve our problems.

If I have learned anything from my time in Congress, it is that the only way we are going to solve the big problems our country faces is by working together.

The challenges our state faces must be met with the best solutions and ideas we can muster - and good ideas and good people reside on both sides of the aisle.

Arizonans want us to come together, put aside politics, and solve problems. You want us to do our jobs in way that reflects the best of our state. You want us to stop and listen - something that doesn't always come naturally to people in politics.

I'm a huge fan of bipartisanship and working together to get things done.

The overwhelming majority of Americans want decent and civil political dialogue, and candidates for office and elected leaders must continue to call for calm and unity, even when there are intense differences of opinion.

What Lincoln did is he gathered people around him the way that I believe President Obama is doing by calling Republicans, talking to them, trying to work with them. And when that happens, big things get solved.

I'm a strong believer in bipartisanship.

Climbing has worked for me in a number of ways on Capitol Hill. I'm much more inclined to look at what people do, as opposed to what they say. Also, it's about working together - we're all on the rope together, and you don't get to cut the rope if you're not getting along with someone.

I'm willing to meet with anyone, Democrat or Republican, who has a good idea, an open mind and a willingness to come together to tackle the challenges we face.