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"We can make big things happen when we work together"

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"We can make big things happen when we work together" is political comfort food: warm, familiar, hard to argue with, and carefully light on calories. Amy Klobuchar, a senator who’s built her brand on Midwestern pragmatism and committee-room productivity, uses this kind of line to signal competence without picking a fight. The phrase "big things" is a deliberate blur. It lets every listener project their own wish list onto it - infrastructure, drug prices, childcare, you name it - while sparing the speaker the risk of naming the tradeoffs that "big" inevitably requires.

The real work is done by "we" and "together". It’s a subtle moral claim dressed up as a team slogan: opponents aren’t just wrong, they’re refusing to cooperate. In an era where polarization is both a structural reality and a campaign prop, Klobuchar’s rhetorical move is to position herself above the scrum, as if gridlock is mostly a mood problem. That’s not naive; it’s strategic. Voters exhausted by performative outrage want permission to believe politics can go back to being boring and effective.

Context matters: Klobuchar’s lane has often been the bipartisan deal - the Senate as a place where relationships and rules still matter. This line reassures moderates and donors that she’s safe, stable, and governable. It also quietly narrows the definition of "progress" to what can survive a handshake, not what might require power plays, confrontation, or structural change.

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TopicTeamwork
Source2020 presidential campaign announcement speech, Minneapolis (February 10, 2019)
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APA Style (7th ed.)
Klobuchar, Amy. (2026, January 30). We can make big things happen when we work together. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/we-can-make-big-things-happen-when-we-work-184771/

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Klobuchar, Amy. "We can make big things happen when we work together." FixQuotes. January 30, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/we-can-make-big-things-happen-when-we-work-184771/.

MLA Style (9th ed.)
"We can make big things happen when we work together." FixQuotes, 30 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/we-can-make-big-things-happen-when-we-work-184771/. Accessed 6 Feb. 2026.

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Amy Klobuchar (born May 25, 1960) is a Congressman from USA.

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