Eric Cantor Quotes

Republicans have to move to a point of greater unity.

What I've said in the past is that I want the Labour Party to approach this matter on the basis of unity.

All Democrats recognize we do have differences because we are a big family.

I would advise Donald Trump to try to bring and unify this party together.

It's a bad strategy to have an identity-based strategy on the left. De-emphasizing identity all-around would help our politics because we would have to pay more attention to the issues. We may have to pay more attention to class if we didn't have these self-defeating identity agendas.

Republicans need to unite to succeed.

I'm focusing on the issues that bring people together and build broad majorities.

That's what governors do, they wrestle with the issues, they find solutions and they move the agenda forward. At the appropriate time we'll talk about all of these issues, while remembering that our party is a big tent party. We lose when we try to become exclusive to one particular set of issues.

As the nation watches, Democrats and Republicans should reflect the interspersed character of America itself. Perhaps, by sitting with each other for one night, we will begin to rekindle that common spark that brought us here from 50 different states and widely diverging backgrounds to serve the public good.

I know Barack Obama. And I believe that as president, he'll pursue the common good by seeking common ground rather than trying to divide us.

You can unite behind a candidate and a vision for America without rejecting another candidate and their vision, because in real life, opposed to party politics, we Democrats are on the same side.

In a politically diverse nation, only by finding that common ground can we achieve results for the common good.

Nebraska Republicans believe that Nebraska Democrats love their kids, and I believe we can have a constructive conversation with everybody.

I'm in a left-wing government, unashamedly... but I also want to work with people from the Right who commit to the same values.

My goal is to unite the party, to bring it together.

All political parties, if they are to be successful, have to be broad churches.

I hope you'll find that my campaign was a reflection of how I plan to govern - bringing people together, building coalitions, and finding common ground.

Both the country, and my party, are beset with division. We cannot bring the country back together unless the party of government is united, and the party cannot unite if it is led from its fringes.

The truth is that searching for our commonality instead of our differences could transform our dysfunctional politics.

In my platoon, we came from different parts of the country, with different backgrounds, different religious beliefs, different political beliefs—and yet we all put those differences aside. Fundamentally, I believe that’s what the American people expect of Congress as well. We all ought to be able to come together in Washington and do what’s best for our America.

Patriotism is love of country. But you can't love your country without loving your countrymen and countrywomen. We don't always have to agree, but we must empower each other, we must find the common ground, we must build bridges across our differences to pursue the common good.

I think the Republican party should be a broad party.

The BJP is a large family, and if someone comes to us with a commitment towards our values and principles, then it should not be opposed.

If Dems don't stick together, we're going to lose.

I have many close friends who are religious Zionists and I think if we can be good friends, work together and serve in the army together, then there is no reason we should not be part of the same party.