Bipartisanship & Compromise
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- It’s not ‘Kumbaya’--we may end up doing dueling press conferences afterward.
- For change to occur, our leaders must understand that there is not only strength in compromise, courage in conciliation and honor in consensus-building — but also a political reward for following these tenets.
- It's not 'Kumbaya'--we may end up doing dueling press conferences afterward.
- Two truths are all too often overshadowed in today's political discourse: Public service is a most honorable pursuit, and so is bipartisanship.
- [King] would want us to know we can argue fiercely about the proper size and role of government without questioning each other’s love for this country.
- We often have a cultural fantasy about individuals. But collaboration is just as frequently the source of great things, and it’s less rarely recognized. Change doesn’t always happen because of one person, but that’s what makes for great biographies.