Anna Soubry Quotes

In a deeply divided country we must either work together to get the best deal we can - and this needs compromise - or accept that Brexit cannot be implemented and think again about what we are doing.

If Quebeckers want Jean Charest, well, they can choose him. It's never a winning formula to divide Quebeckers.

I think America is going to have to think through whether it wants to uplift the political dialogue or advance an approach that divides and, frankly, can lead to violence.

The president said that he would unite this country, that he was a uniter, not a divider. Have you ever seen America more divided? Have you ever seen Washington more divided?

I would never say John Kerry would be a great president. I will say that George Bush has divided us; he has filled this country with hatred.

Obama's only attempt to unify the country was to unify people who believe that his enemies need to be eliminated.

Brexit has divided the country. It has divided political parties. And it has divided families too.

It is true that a house divided against itself is a house that cannot stand. There is division in the American house now and believing this as I do, I have concluded that I should not permit the Presidency to become involved in the partisan divisions that are developing in this political year. Accordingly, I shall not seek, and I will not accept, the nomination of my party for another term as your President.

The president has not yet been able to demonstrate the stability, nor some of the competence, that he needs to demonstrate in order for him to be successful — and our nation and our world needs for him to be successful, whether you are Republican or Democrat. We're at a point where there needs to be radical changes at the White House — it has to happen," Corker told reporters following his luncheon address. He [President Trump] recently has not demonstrated that he understands the character of our nation — what has made it great and what it is today. He's got to demonstrate the characteristics of a president who understands that. Without those things happening, our nation is going to go through great peril .... Helping to inspire divisions because it generates support from your base is not a formula for causing our nation to advance and to overcome the many issues that we have to deal with right now.

Some people believe giving more people a voice is driving division rather than bringing us together. More people across the spectrum believe that achieving the political outcomes they think matter is more important than every person having a voice.

The E.U. referendum is a major watershed in U.K. history. It will be important for the future of the Conservative party. It will be even more important for the future of our country.

Leaving the E.U. was not the outcome that I wanted or campaigned, but now that democracy has spoken, we must act on that result. I will fully respect that result.

I want to figure out how we put California and America back on track - how we bridge this partisan divide that is so polarizing.

I think a lot of folks are beginning to feel that the forces that are tearing us apart in this country are stronger than the forces that tie us together. I don't believe that.

We need a president that can heal, that can bring people together, that can get us back. We have so much common pain in this country that can get us back to a sense of common purpose and common cause.

Where people are trying to split Americans from each other I want there desperately to be bipartisanship.

We have a commitment to making sure that the U.K. remains a member of the European Union.

I will do everything in my power to keep the United Kingdom united.

I think we need strength. I think we also need somebody that can be a cheerleader. He's been a great divider in this country. I think race relations now are as bad as they've ever been. I guess they have, statistically, the worst they've been in 18 years. I don't know what 18 years means, how do they determine that, but I can tell you they're bad and they haven't been this bad in a long time. And we have somebody that really was in a position to do just the opposite, but this tremendous divide in this country. I see it, everybody sees it.

We are going to have to do some real soul searching as a country and try to bring America together, because it is divided.

I'm always suspicious of politics dividing people instead of bringing them together.

I am very grateful to my colleagues for their support. There is a big job before us: to unite our party and the country, to negotiate the best possible deal as we leave the EU, and to make Britain work for everyone.

The ideals that bind us together are as old as our nation, but so are the forces that pull us apart.

Well, I don't know too many governors who are flaming ideologues.

It used to be you had real friends on the other side of the aisle. It's not like that anymore. Society has changed. The public is to blame as well. I think the people have gotten dumber.