Quotes About Cooperation

The fundamental principles of prosperity in every country are so well understood that they need but little if any discussion. They are so simple that with the proper cooperative action the American people collectively can easily place this wonderful country of ours in the position that it is so well qualified to hold among the nations of the world.

Everything understood by the term co-operation is in some sense an evil.

America has always understood this principle of the economy - that everyone can benefit when everyone competes.

I understood even in college, when you win as a team, everyone gets their own accolades, individual accolades.

Martin Luther King Jr. really understood the role of the churches when he said, 'The church is not meant to be the master of the state.' We don't sort of take power and grab the levers of government and impose our agenda down people's throats.

Mr. Speaker, on September 11, 2001, the United States was attacked, and Britain stood with us. This was not only an attack against America, but against the civilized world; and Britain understood this.

We never used to blink at taking a leadership role in the world. And we understood leadership often required something other than drones and bombs. We accepted global leadership not just for humanitarian reasons, but also because it was in our own best interest. We knew we couldn't isolate ourselves from trouble. There was no place to hide.

I believe if people understood each other more, if people took the time and realize it's not 'all about me' and I'm on a big planet with a lot of other people and concerns, maybe we can learn how to get along with each other.

You kind of form a bond with your subjects, in a way. You're in it together. To a degree that people don't realize, documentary films - or at least the kind of documentary films I'm interested in - are a collaborative undertaking with the subjects.

There is no common sense in going to the field to fight and leaving a man at home to undo all that you accomplish.

If there is not a united policy, this mechanism will not work: it will collapse, and it will... undoubtedly be the end of Schengen, the return of national borders.

Undoubtedly, there are members of the former regime that are cooperating in some fashion and then there are extremists that are within Iraq that are cooperating with them.

For too long, people in Washington and Congress point fingers at each other, even as millions of middle-class Americans remain unemployed and our economy continues to sputter. They must realize that we are all in this together, and I respectfully submit that the best way to remind Congress of this is to tie their pay to their collective results.

Europe and the United States are better off extending a helping hand to those who know best rather than dictating to them an unfamiliar future.

My entire style of playing was built around somebody else playing guitar with me, a story that, on its own, sounds unfinished.

When you run a part of the relay and pass on the baton, there is no sense of unfinished business in your mind. There is just the sense of having done your part to the best of your ability. That is it. The hope is to pass on the baton to somebody who will run faster and run a better marathon.

It's unfortunate we've never been just songwriters.

It is unfortunate whenever someone tries to bring politics into sport.

One flower makes no garland.

THE GAP: Closed-Mindedness can create it, Narrow-Mindedness can widen it, Open-Mindedness can close it, Like-Mindedness… Will Bridge It!

Life is not a competition. No one has to lose for someone else to win. A true blessing blesses everyone.

You are judged many times more by what you do in groups than for what you do as individuals.

Let someone else be the most powerful country, make ours the most peaceful country.

Marriage is not about 'I' or 'You', but 'Us'. The former is a Fallacy