Nancy Pelosi Quotes
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America will be far safer if we reduce the chances of a terrorist attack in one of our cities than if we diminish the civil liberties of our own people.
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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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My husband and I have season tickets to the Giants games, and we go there as fans to enjoy it.
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When I first ran for Congress, I went to my daughter Alexandra, who was going to be a senior in high school, and said: 'I have a chance to run. I may not win, but I'd be gone three nights a week. So, if you want me to stay, I'll be happy to.' And do you know what she said to me? 'Mother, get a life!'
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Don't underestimate your opponent, but don't overestimate them, either.
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My husband and I, when we had our five children and they were grown, we thought we were entitled to grandchildren. And so we were just expecting this to happen; of course, nothing was happening. And then we kept begging, bribing, cajoling, anything - threatening to adopt our own grandchildren - and finally, we got some grandchildren.
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The beauty of the Democratic Party is in the mix.
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I say to my colleagues never confine your best work, your hopes, your dreams, the aspiration of the American people to what will be signed by George W. Bush because that is too limiting a factor.
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I know about raising money.
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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 have deep emotions about the American people. If I were to cry for anything, I would cry for them and the policies that they're about to face.
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I don't care how popular I am. I'm not putting myself out there to run for higher office.
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We are not going back to the failed policies of the past. We are fighting for the middle class!
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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 don't know any member of Congress who ever said, 'I'm satisfied with the communication that we have from the White House.'
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As you may know, I was raised in an Italian Catholic family in Baltimore, Maryland.
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The president led us into the Iraq war on the basis of unproven assertions without evidence; he embraced a radical doctrine of pre-emptive war unprecedented in our history; and he failed to build a true international coalition.
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I will not be making appointments to a committee that is not bipartisan.
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Being the first woman speaker and breaking the marble ceiling is pretty important. Now it's time to move on.
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If people don't have a job, they're not too interested in how you intend for them to have a job. They want to see results.
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Every month that we do not have an economic recovery package 500 million Americans lose their jobs.
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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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The war on terror is the war in Afghanistan.
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The Republican Party is the Grand Old Party. It's made enormous contributions to the success of our country. And it is a party that has embraced its leadership role when it has had the majority or the White House.