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Quotes About Cooperation

All of us, at certain moments of our lives, need to take advice and to receive help from other people.
~ Alexis Carrel
Those that despise people will never get the best out of others and themselves.
~ Alexis de Tocqueville
If we can't begin to agree on fundamentals, such as the elimination of the most abusive forms of child labor, then we really are not ready to march forward into the future.
~ Alexis Herman
The only worthwhile achievements of man are those which are socially useful.
~ Alfred Adler
To all those who walk the path of human cooperation war must appear loathsome and inhuman.
~ Alfred Adler
It is the individual who is not interested in his fellow man who has the greatest difficulties in life and provides the greatest injury to others. It is from among such individuals that all human failures spring
~ Alfred Adler
We'll talk without listening to each other that is the best way to get along.
~ Alfred de Musset
The goal of conflict resolution is to cultivate unity and peace, not to win or prove you are right.
~ Alfred Ells
Two are better than one because they have a good return for their labor. Ecclesiastes 4:9
~ Alfred Ells
Ohio's doing what it can do, but I wish they'd get their act together in Washington.
~ John Kasich
No matter where I go - London, Beirut, Jerusalem, Washington, Beijing, or Bangalore - I'm always looking to rediscover that land of ten thousand lakes where politics actually worked to make people's lives better, not pull them apart.
~ Thomas Friedman
While it's true that Washington would benefit from more civility, the Senate, behind the scenes, is an extraordinarily collegial institution.
~ Jon Kyl
I believe in the brotherhood of man, all men, but I don't believe in brotherhood with anybody who doesn't want brotherhood with me. I believe in treating people right, but I'm not going to waste my time trying to treat somebody right who doesn't know how to return the treatment.
~ Malcolm X
On the Sandy bill, I did the best I could on waste, fraud and abuse, and then when the final bill comes, you don't say, 'Hell, no' because you didn't get everything you want in there.
~ Scott Garrett
I believe that most people would like to cooperate in reducing waste, but to encourage them, the national policy should be clear, well advertised, and consistent. Even within Greater London, there is a huge discrepancy between council policies. I believe a national waste management initiative should be designed and implemented by government.
~ Jeremy Irons
The Cold War was a boring thing. Nobody gets better for it. Tremendous money is wasted. Our lives get more difficult. We look at each other as enemies. What's good in that? In any case, I will do anything in my power in order to stop another Cold War, with the U.S. or any other country in the world.
~ Dmitry Medvedev
I agree that mommy wars are not good for any mothers: that such wars are time and effort wasted.
~ Sandra Tsing Loh
The 1990s was not just Japan's 'wasted decade,' it was also a wasted decade for the India-Japan relationship.
~ Sanjaya Baru
What we must do is to sit down together as reasonable people and make our government do what is right, and stop doing what may be wrong-headed or wasteful.
~ Janet Reno
Make no mistake: I will work with both Democrats and Republicans to cut wasteful spending and reduce our debt in a balanced, responsible way.
~ Ann McLane Kuster
I believe in the brotherhood of all men, but I don't believe in wasting brotherhood on anyone who doesn't want to practice it with me. Brotherhood is a two-way street.
~ Malcolm X
Ants are so much like human beings as to be an embarrassment. They farm fungi, raise aphids as livestock, launch armies into war, use chemical sprays to alarm and confuse enemies, capture slaves, engage in child labour, exchange information ceaselessly. They do everything but watch television.
~ Lewis Thomas
And, you know, I watched him in Texas where he stood on his principle but he also reached out to members of the other party to try to work with them, to try to forge agreement where he could in keeping with his conservative principles to make Texas a better place.
~ Karen Hughes
When Hillary served as Secretary of State, I watched her partner with President Obama to restore our country's reputation around the world.
~ Madeleine Albright