Nancy Pelosi Quotes
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I would say that one of the things that encouraged me so much when I became elected to the leadership was the letters I received from fathers of daughters, saying that, 'My daughter can now do many more things because of what you did.'
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Stephen Colbert used to be my friend. I even signed the poor baby's cast when he hurt his hand.
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If you make - not have - $1 million a year, should you not participate in the sense of community of our country? I'm willing to put that on the table.
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Presidents and speakers for over 100 years had tried to pass affordable care for all Americans. It was challenged over and over. The Supreme Court declared it constitutional.
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With President Obama, we will move America forward.
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I have said it before and I will say it again: Impeachment is off the table.
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Raising the minimum wage is the right thing to do, but it's a popular thing to do as well.
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I love having the support of my caucus. We have a good working relationship.
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I don't spend a lot of time thinking about the ratings of Congress. I really don't.
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The House of Representatives has never sued a sitting president in all of U.S. history.
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With Americans worried about losing their jobs, their savings, their homes and their chance at the American Dream, the New Direction Congress will work in a bipartisan way to lift our economy and help America's middle class.
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I must have good genes from my parents because I feel no slowdown of energy, enthusiasm or even memory.
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If I cry, it's about the personal loss of a friend or something like that. But when it comes to politics - no, I don't cry.
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Democrats believe in reigniting the American dream by removing barriers to success and building ladders of opportunity for all, so everyone can succeed.
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Democrats believe we must create jobs, not protect the special interests; build the economy from the middle out, not the top down.
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When taxpayers are subsidizing low wages, people should be aware of that. We're subsidizing an economy. We're not subsidizing people. They are doing a hard day's work. When we're not rewarding work actively, there's something wrong with the system.
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The word 'campaign' is a war term. So when you go into a campaign you just prepare to go to war. If you think this is an exercise in civic activity...then you are going to be surprised.-1985
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I read that my lifelong dream is to serve as speaker with Hillary Clinton as president. So what?
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Let's just do what is right for the American people. And those of us who are involved in politics and government know that our responsibility is to the American people, that we have a responsibility to find our common ground, to seek it and to find it.
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This president goes into office with more expectations than any president I can ever remember in my lifetime.-2008
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Bipartisanship is nice, but it cannot be a substitute for action, not having it cannot prevent us from going forward.
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Members of Congress I have the high privilege and distinct honour of presenting to you, his excellency Bertie Ahern (/ei/hern), the Taoiseach, the Prime Minister of Ireland
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As many of you know, I come from San Francisco. We don't have a lot of farms there. Well, we do have one-it's a mushroom farm, so you know what that means.
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A woman is like a teabag. You can't tell how strong she is until you put her in hot water.