Bipartisan Quotes

• The only bipartisan place in D.C. is Brooks Brothers.

  Tony Hale

  Brother, Brooks Brothers, Brooks

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• The word bipartisan usually means some larger-than-usual deception is being carried out.

  George Carlin

  Mean, Deception, Usual

  George Carlin (1998). “Brain Droppings”, Hyperion

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• Whenever a fellow tells me he's bipartisan, I know he's going to vote against me.

  Harry S. Truman

  Political, Politics, Vote

  Harry S. Truman, Ralph Keyes (1995). “Wit and wisdom of Harry Truman”, Harpercollins

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• I will not be making appointments to a committee that is not bipartisan.

  Nancy Pelosi

  Committees, Appointments

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• I want to make it clear publicly that I expect more candor from this Administration during the next four years, particularly with members on the Foreign Relations Committee so that we can maintain a bipartisan foreign policy.

  George Voinovich

  Years, Four, Want

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• If there is a nuclear tactic being used here, I submit it is the use of that obstruction where a willful minority blocks a bipartisan majority from voting on the President's judicial nominees.

  John Cornyn

  Block, Voting, President

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• If ever there was a time for true bipartisanship, it is today.

  Brad Henry

  Today, Ifs, Bipartisanship

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• Bipartisanship is nice, but it cannot be a substitute for action, not having it cannot prevent us from going forward.

  Nancy Pelosi

  Nice, Action, Substitutes

  "What's Next: Finance Bill?". Interview with Guy Raz, www.npr.org. March 27, 2010.

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• I sure tried to help deliver compromise, consensus, bipartisanship.

  Stephanie Herseth Sandlin

  Helping, Compromise, Consensus

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• Bipartisanship isn't an option anymore; it is a requirement. The American people have divided responsibility for leadership right down the middle.

  Tom Daschle

  Responsibility, People, Requirements

  "Democratic Sen. Tom Daschle, Rep. Dick Gephardt Extend Hand of Bipartisanship to President-Elect George W. Bush". www.cnn.com. December 14, 2000.

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• I have a mindset that says bipartisanship ought to consist of Democrats coming to the Republican point of view.

  Richard Mourdock

  Views, Republican, Mindset

  "Mourdock dismisses Lugar attack". Interview, www.politico.com. May 9, 2012.

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• We are looking for bipartisan solutions not partisan rhetoric.

  Paul Ryan

  Rhetoric, Partisans, Solutions

  "CNN Newsroom" with Brooke Baldwin, www.cnn.com. April 13, 2011.

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• The goal with a big piece of social legislation is to have a bipartisan result, so the country will accept it

  Lamar Alexander

  Country, Goal, Pieces

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• The people we elect aren't bipartisan. The American public is bipartisan.

  Lewis Black

  People

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• The 2000s were marked by terrorism and a bipartisan desire to fight it.

  Ari Fleischer

  Fighting, Desire, Terrorism

  "For GOP, it's time to focus on winning" By Ari Fleischer, www.cnn.com. March 6, 2012.

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• You know there's nothing a Hill Democrat would rather do than criticize another Democrat. It is their favorite activity. Then they can read about how honorable they are in an Op-Ed piece, how bipartisan.

  James Carville

  Pieces, Hills, Democrat

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• I do think that Social Security reform needs to be bipartisan, and we are going to have to reach that in this debate at some time before we can find really meaningful reform.

  Judy Biggert

  Meaningful, Thinking, Reform

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• I believe it's time to put our best ideas on the table and work toward a bipartisan solution, with the single goal of leaving the Social Security system stronger than we found it.

  Chris Chocola

  Believe, Idaho, Security Systems

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• The president recognizes that funding global health is good for national security, domestic health and global diplomacy. Consequently, President Obama has steadily increased funding for the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, or PEPFAR, which was created by President Bush and has strong bipartisan support.

  Ezekiel Emanuel

  Strong, Support, President

  "The HIV/AIDS Fight Needs Cooperation, Not Division" by Ezekiel Emanuel, M.D., Ph.D., www.huffingtonpost.com. July 21, 2010.

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• I believe that there is a bipartisan consensus to have individual mandates.

  Chuck Grassley

  Believe, Individual, Consensus

  "Transcript: Sens. Dodd, Grassley on 'FNS'". "FOX News Sunday" with Chris Wallace, www.foxnews.com. June 14, 2009.

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• The Violence Against Women Act has been a true bipartisan success story since it was first enacted in 1994. In my home state of Texas alone, its programs have helped hundreds of thousands of victims to break free from the terrible cycle of domestic violence.

  John Cornyn

  Home, Texas, Domestic Violence

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• Increasing access to federal student loans has been a bipartisan effort in Washington, one that I have supported. But it has created what many experts believe is a bubble in higher education, not unlike the housing bubble that preceded the financial crisis.

  Marco Rubio

  Dream, Believe, Effort

  Marco Rubio (2015). “American Dreams: Restoring Economic Opportunity for Everyone”, p.62, Penguin

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• Bipartisan democracy presupposes the individual, whose welfare is identical with that of the community in which he lives, the absence of coherent social classes, a basic uniformity of interest throughout.

  Learned Hand

  Class, Community, Democracy

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• Outrageous fiscal mendacity is neither historically normal nor bipartisan. It’s a modern Republican thing.

  Paul Krugman

  Normal, Republican, Modern

  "Trillion Dollar Fraudsters". www.nytimes.com. March 20, 2015.

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• I've got a bit of an independent streak. I'm not afraid of bipartisan compromise on issues that are important to the nation.

  Heather Wilson

  Independent, Issues, Important

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