Nancy Pelosi Quotes
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Let me just say as one who has been speaker of the House, I've had to have a very thick skin about every kind of thing that was thrown at me.
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My brother is the former mayor of Baltimore.
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Nothing surprises me. One thing I don't ever have in my world is surprise.
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Jobs are central to the American dream - and President Obama has focused on jobs from day one.
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Putin is going to do what Putin is going to do.
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My vision for the future always centers around our children - it always centers around our children. So anytime anybody asks me what are the three most important issues facing the Congress, I always say the same thing: 'Our children, our children, our children.'
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The American dream is about freedom.
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I call Washington 'the city of the perishable.'
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My biggest fight has been between those who wanted to do something incremental and those who wanted to do something comprehensive. We won that fight, and once we kick through this door, there'll be more legislation to follow.
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The impact of climate change is a tremendous risk to the security and well-being of our countries.
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We haven't really gotten the credit for what we have done.
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I will not be making appointments to a committee that is not bipartisan.
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I went to Catholic school throughout my whole academic life. In fact, my children - my husband and I and our children in my own family now have over 100 years of Catholic education among us.
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While we may argue about the size of government, the Republican Party has not been a party that says, 'I want to destroy government.'
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Social Security has never failed to pay promised benefits, and Democrats will fight to make sure that Republicans do not turn a guaranteed benefit into a guaranteed gamble.
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As you may know, I was raised in an Italian Catholic family in Baltimore, Maryland.
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We have so much room for improvement. Every aspect of our lives must be subjected to an inventory... of how we are taking responsibility.
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As I view the Republicans in Congress, I don't see them as a real reflection of many Republicans in our country.
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The name 'Republican' in some ways has been hijacked by obstructionists.
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They're anti-government ideologues who dominate the Republican Party.
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With President Obama, we will move America forward.
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I think about my parents all the time, especially on Sunday when I'm at Mass. My mother always said, 'We do not pray to win elections. We pray for people's health, we pray that God's will be done, we pray that we do our best. But we do not pray to win elections.'
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I was pampered in the fact that I had five older brothers, which I highly recommend to anyone.
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I had a friend who was getting married. I said, 'You're getting married - I didn't know about all this!' She said, 'I need health benefits.'