Quotes About Cooperation

We quickly developed a good working relationship.

and I often met with them jointly.

and Betsy agreed to support additional purchases, though without enthusiasm.

undertaken in conjunction with the Treasury and other bank regulators).

They would prove crucial in containing global contagion.

Despite those tensions, the G-7 representatives were determined to work together. Too much was at stake for the group to leave Washington without at least the outlines of a coordinated response.

We all knew that we would meet those challenges more effectively if we worked together rather than operating in isolation.

I wanted to involve as many of my colleagues as possible, to get both useful advice and greater buy-in.

I urge you, in your public communication, to consider highlighting areas of common ground in addition to differences.

offering advice to the administration and Congress when we thought we could be helpful.

It would also have the authority to examine individual institutions, in cooperation with the prudential regulator,

usually drafted with the help of Don

at the request of Jean-Claude Trichet, I called a videoconference of the FOMC to discuss renewing

The council is a remarkably flat organization, with everyone working collaboratively regardless of title or seniority.

The best countries—and the best societies—are those where citizens are virtuous enough to sacrifice for the common good but unwilling to be forced to sacrifice for the "greater" good. Flourishing societies require a functional social fabric, created by citizens working together—and yes, separately—toward a meaningful life.

Humans in the group; computers in the loop

Democracy needs support and the best support for democracy comes from other democracies. Democratic nations should... come together in an association designed to help each other and promote what is a universal value democracy.

Men will find that they can prepare with mutual aid far more easily what they need, and avoid far more easily the perils which beset them on all sides, by united forces.

Man is a social animal.

We live in a country that used to have a can-do attitude, and now we have a 'what-can-you-do-for-me?' attitude, and what I try to do is find ways that we can develop common ground.

We need to understand that we are not each others' enemies in this country. And it is only the political class that derives its power by creating friction. It is only the media that derives its importance by creating friction... that uses every little thing to create this chasm between people. This is not who we are.

Things must be done by parties, not by persons using parties as tools.

In great cities men are brought together by the desire of gain. They are not in a state of cooperation, but of isolation, as to the making of fortunes; and for all the rest they are careless of neighbors. Christianity teaches us to love our neighbour as ourself; modern society acknowledges no neighbour.

In great cities men are brought together by the desire of gain. They are not in a state of cooperation, but of isolation, as to the making of fortunes; and for all the rest they are careless of neighbours. Christianity teaches us to love our neighbour as ourself; modern society acknowledges no neighbour.