Quotes About Cooperation

We believe that there are aspects of border security that Democrats and Republicans can agree on.

We don't know each other. Democrats don't know Republicans, Republicans don't know Democrats.

The way I've gotten things done is by working with Democrats and Republicans. I worked with Jay Rockefeller, for example, on highway safety issues.

I have a long, long record of working with Democrats and Republicans alike.

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

I don't remember a big fight between the Republicans and Democrats in the Nixon administration or President Gerald Ford and so on.

The coronavirus does not differentiate between Republicans and Democrats.

I will continue to work with Republicans and Democrats alike to ensure U.S. Military communities around the globe are not left behind.

I would say to Republicans that when you look at civil rights legislation that took place in the 1960s, it took a bipartisan effort to get those things done, and so what I would tell my colleagues, both Republicans and Democrats, is let's come together, and let's be for fairness.

Together, the WEEE Act and the First Step Act represented two rare examples of Republicans and Democrats coming together to make meaningful change.

I've been able to bridge divides in a very partisan time and get Republicans and Democrats to work with me to try to improve people's lives.

I don't want to develop a reputation for being difficult about absolutely everything and everyone.

I think that all areas of the budget have to be scrubbed. Clearly the entitlement issues have to be reformed and that's an issue that's going to require I think some strong bipartisan cooperation and leadership.

To be intellectual does not require one to be alienated and oppositional.

Global challenges require collective responses.

Pretty much, I am always open to input from everyone; although I don't require it, the feedback is conducive to getting the play together.

To Confucius, harmony was consensus, not conformity. It required loyal opposition.

Ethics is in origin the art of recommending to others the sacrifices required for cooperation with oneself.

Under the Geneva Convention, for example, a POW is required only to provide name, rank, and serial number and cannot receive any benefits for cooperating.

In our group, it was a necessary requirement that one has to be able to collaborate.

It is possible that, post-Kyoto, the developed countries will recognise the requirements of the developing world.

Criminal conspiracy requires not only that the conspirators know that a crime is going to be committed, but that they knowingly intend to help each other commit the crime - and then commit certain overt acts in connection with that conspiracy.

It's nice to put your hand up and do the big things the team requires of you.

Global actions require local and national participation. International cooperation and action requires community perspectives and legitimacy if it is to be effective.