Our interests intersect more than they diverge.

I have tried to treat people on the other side civilly and look for common ground.

— Amy Klobuchar

“Equality of condition and equality of opportunity must provide the foundation of an interdependent nation with building blocks found in dignity and respect given…

— Julie Banks Lewis

I could fight with the living but I could not fight the dead. If there was some woman in London that Maxim loved, someone…

— Daphne du Maurier

But when we're helping children understand how people from different walks of life can coexist, prioritizing common ground too often obscures or erases uncommon…

— Meena Harris

People wonder why a man and woman can't be friends after being in love. It is because it's very tough to look beyond the…

— Dia Mirza

Dealing with Congress is a matter of give and take. The president doesn't get everything he wants, the Congress doesn't get everything they want.…

— George W. Bush

“The difference between the student radicals and the Hell's Angels is that the students are rebelling against the past, while the Angels are fighting…

— Hunter S. Thompson

“Who knows what goes on in a marriage? Even my parents, who had a compatible marriage, had their points of contention. They had figured…

— Ranjani Rao

His Holiness Pope John Paul II was a determined and deeply spiritual minded person for whom I had great respect and admiration. His experience…

— Dalai Lama

“It can be difficult to find common ground when all some wish to discuss is our differences.”

— C.A.A. Savastano

Good governance requires working toward common ground. It isn't easy.

— Pete Hoekstra

“In the person of Quanah Parker, an extraordinary man in whom the blood of two strong peoples flowed, the Lone Star and the Comanche…

— Thomas W. Knowles

The best way to promote and protect opportunity is through collaboration, consensus-building, and pragmatic problem-solving. Throughout nearly 30 years in public service, I have…

— Tom Perez

We define family in many different ways: not just by blood but by people with whom we find a common ground and a common…

— Adrienne C. Moore

This was our common ground, the secret we shared but never spoke aloud. I should have been with him; she should have left him…

— Sarah Dessen