#artisans

I have never seen such extreme partisanship, such bitter partisanship, and such forgetfulness of the fate of our fathers and of the Constitution. ↗

— Robert Byrd

#constitution #extreme #fate #fathers #forgetfulness

To the American people I say, awaken to what is happening. It is the duty of each citizen to be vigilant, to protect liberty, to speak out, left and right and disagree lest be trampled underfoot by misguided zealotry and extreme partisanship. ↗

— Robert Byrd

#american people #awaken #citizen #disagree #duty

I understand that one of the purposes of bipartisanship is to cram something difficult and necessary down the American people's gullets for which neither party has the fortitude to assume full responsibility. It's a way of turning a possible gangplank into a teeter-totter. ↗

— James Wolcott

#assume #bipartisanship #cram #difficult #down

Partisans fight on familiar territory with professed political objectives to conquer power. This is what distinguishes them from terrorists. ↗

— Jurgen Habermas

#distinguishes #familiar #familiar territory #fight #objectives

Land, in England, is valuable, because we have highly-paid artisans to consume the produce on the spot. ↗

— Joseph Hume

#because #consume #england #land #produce

I'm a believer in bipartisanship. ↗

— John Kasich

#bipartisanship #i

President Obama's record on national security is a tribute to his strength, and judgment, and to his preference for inclusion and partnership over partisanship. ↗

— William J. Clinton

#inclusion #judgment #national #national security #obama

We simply must look beyond partisan goals and find common ground as Americans. It is imperative that the Members of Congress recognize that partisanship will not serve the American people. ↗

— Michael Crapo

#american people #beyond #common #common ground #congress

Above all else stands the burning question of bipartisanship. Whatever else the politicians might say they're about, our news analysts know that this is the true object of the nation's desire, the topic to which those slippery presidential spokesmen need always to be dragged back. ↗

— Thomas Frank

#above #always #back #bipartisanship #burning

I was never a fan of Barack Obama's bipartisanship routine. ↗

— Thomas Frank

#bipartisanship #fan #i #never #obama