Cross-Party Cooperation Quotes

Remember the No campaign is Conservative people, Labour people, people of no party.

I was not elected to serve one party.

I worked for President Bush and President Obama. I had Democratic bosses and Republican bosses. I believe in order to actually get things done, we do need to buckle down and often reach across the aisle.

The antidote to frenzied partisanship won’t be found in politics as usual but in problem-solving leaders who govern from the center.

I was no party man myself, and the first wish of my heart was, if parties did exist, to reconcile them.

As a candidate, Obama projected himself as a new Reagan, above narrow party politics. He wanted to please all but has ended up annoying many.

We’ve got to debunk the myth that Democrats and Republicans are different species that cannot crossbreed.

It's always valuable for someone running for president... to have as much bipartisan support as possible.

I urge the senior members of the political system to form as broad a government as possible that would unite the moderate forces from the Left and Right so that we will be able to bring about real change in the State of Israel.

I've learned from being in the woods that titles don't mean much and that actions speak a lot louder than words - even in Congress. I always look for the people who want to act - people who want to run the river or climb the mountain - even if they're not members of my political party.

I don't look forward to a time when every politician, every legislator goes to Washington absolutely committed to an extreme point of view. Elected representatives are sent to Washington to compromise, not to never compromise.

I think history would say that medical research has, throughout many changes of parties, remained as one of the shining lights of bipartisan agreement, that people are concerned about health for themselves, for their families, for their constituents.

We need elected officials who overcome partisan politics to really help people.

When I took over as president, I studied the Constitution, and the more I studied it, the more I realised that it does not prevent the president of India from giving the nation a vision. So when I went and presented this vision in Parliament and in legislative assemblies; everyone welcomed it, irrespective of party affiliations.

We have got to get beyond this political bologna. I'm not allowed to say anything positive about Hillary Clinton because then I'm not a loyal Republican, and she's not allowed to say anything positive about me because then she's not a loyal Democrat. What a stupid way to run a country.

Let's clean up the Senate and return to politics of common ground.

I have a confession to make: I am a Labour parliamentary candidate but like and get on with some of the Conservative persuasion.

There are lot of issues we passed out of the House that have gotten not only a lot of Republican support - Tea Party and every group within the Republican conference - but even Democrats.

We are one America. If we work together across party lines, there's no problem we can't solve and the 21st century will be America's greatest century.

I think somebody that got along with the Democrats could change instantaneously. But the level of animosity... You know, in the old days "across the aisle" wasn't the worst thing. People got along. Today, the level of hatred, the level of anger is high.

Two truths are all too often overshadowed in today's political discourse: Public service is a most honorable pursuit, and so is bipartisanship.

Demanding an end to partisan bickering on foreign policy is not an unrealistic requirement.

Washington is broken. I know what it takes to get this country back, and will work with good Democrats and good Republicans to do that.

But as importantly, it lies in the fact that we've got citizens from all walks of life, all political parties, that are willing to say, I want to love my neighbor. I want to make somebody's life just a little bit better.

I don't enjoy politics. I like to get things done, and I like Republicans and Democrats, and that doesn't always work well.