Stephen Vincent Benet Quotes

There can be differences of opinion without there being personal differences.

We must learn that we can disagree with each other without becoming deadly enemies.

How can you hope to build up a nation by fragmenting its politics into opposing camps? Whatever one group builds, the other will endeavour to destroy..

I don't think 'my way or the highway' works, that mentality. And that's what the Tea Party has done: drawn a line in the sand. I'm sorry - that doesn't work in business, that doesn't work in your family, it certainly doesn't work in government and our Congress.

Don't organize in the spirit of antagonism; that should be beneath your consideration.

There is too much at stake for us to surrender to the politics of polarization.

I think two people with strong points of view can appreciate each other even more.

Reasonable people can reasonably disagree on policy.

When we separated, I did not want to get in a slugfest. I had to take the high ground.

There's no room for petty grievances in politics.

Whenever two good people argue over principles, they are both right.

I don't doubt the sincerity of my Democratic friends. And they should not doubt ours.

Every difference of opinion is not a difference of principle.

The French monarchist and I shook hands, knowing that each of us would gladly have hung the other. But at the moment, our interests coincided.

We can argue and we can disagree, but we don’t need to poke our fingers in each other’s eyes in order to get our points across.

In a political struggle, never get personal—else the dagger digs too deep.

I hope to see no in-fighting and lots of cooperation. We can either all be part of the problem, or part of the solution, but I think we will all work together well on the same team.

Politics is, by its nature, not my favorite thing because it's more about dividing people, not bringing them together.

Disagreements will always occur between us, but we all approach them wanting the best for each and every one of us, for the whole people.

Nationalism is not that hard. It's not that hard to incite people against another, and it's also - and this is the harder thing: Democrats have, and the challenge we have all the time, is we believe in governing and governance and trying to find middle ground.

I've had friendships and relationships in the past where things weren't working out for either of us, but I still found it really hard to let go.

It is only when the partisan shouting stops that we can hear each other's voices and concerns.

When you have... bipartisan support, it shouldn't devolve into a bipartisan fight.

If a political opponent has different approaches than mine, that doesn't make them a bad person. It means they have different backgrounds, experiences, and ideas.

I think with the right leadership on both sides and the right president, we can get a lot done.