Quotes About Compromise

When you're governor, you've got to step up to the plate; you've got to make a proposal for a balanced budget. That's the requirement. And then you've got to sit down and negotiate if the folks that you need to work with disagree with you on points.

A peace deal requires agreements, and you don't make agreements with your friends, you make agreements with your enemies.

One way or another, Gaza's residents must live in peace with Israel.

I think my resignation was the only way to avoid bloodshed.

My wife loves football, but I think she's resigned to the fact that I'll never make it there.

Nobody wants to shut down the government.

I do not believe we should shut down the federal government.

I don't want to shut down the government.

I don't want to shut down government.

We don't want to see the government shut down.

People can get into very bad habits of arguing ideas and shutting them down.

The owners don't win by having a lockout. Shutting down your business is not good for anybody and it's certainly not good for the players, it's certainly not good for the fans. And that's most important to us.

Frankly, no issue is worth shutting down the government and denying pay to those committed to public service.

Senators, representatives too often, we hear from our base, don't talk to the other side, don't with work with them.

I don't accept the idea that there are two sides to any issue. I think that the middle ground is to be found within most of us.

Nevada is a little different than most states. We only meet every other year in the legislature. So it's very important to have good relationships on both sides of the aisle... I have to have those relationships.

By nature, I am someone who hews to the middle. I need to hear all sides of a story. Unless I am engaged in a tough round of dominoes or Scrabble, I think of myself as unreasonably reasonable.

I think what both Republicans and Democrats need to do and the leaders on both sides is to recognize that if sequester takes place, it would be disastrous for our national defense and very frankly for a lot of very important domestic programs. They have a responsibility to come together, find the money necessary to de-trigger sequester.

I think in most relationships that have problems, there's fault on both sides. And in order for it to work, there has to be some common ground that's shared. And it's not just one person making amends.

I'm eager to work with my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to get things done for the people of California and the nation.

This is one of the major problems we have. By the way, it was endorsed by leadership on both sides of the aisle and both ends of the Capitol, by the NRA and also by the gun control groups.

I'm a firm believer that if you put together a good product that is just good policy, that is embraced by both sides so that it is seen as politically advantageous to the Republicans or Democrats, that even in this very polarized partisan world that you can advance legislation. I have to believe that, or I wouldn't want to get up every morning.

It takes two sides to make a deal, two sides to negotiate and two sides to make it go bad.

It's learning how to negotiate to keep both sides happy - whether it's for a multi-million dollar contract or just which show to watch on TV, that determines the quality and enjoyment of our lives.