Nancy Pelosi Quotes
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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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Saddam Hussein has been engaged in the development of weapons of mass destruction technology which is a threat to countries in the region and he has made a mockery of the weapons inspection process.
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For 25 years, it has been my privilege to represent the city of San Francisco and the great state of California; to work to strengthen our vibrant middle class; to secure opportunity and equality.
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Tom Foley was a statesman, and it was a privilege to serve under him when he was the Speaker of the House. He loved our country. He was a gentleman. I had the privilege of seeing him a couple days before he passed away.
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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 we must create jobs, not protect the special interests; build the economy from the middle out, not the top down.
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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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With President Obama, we will move America forward.
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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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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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I don't spend a lot of time thinking about the ratings of Congress. I really don't.
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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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I must have good genes from my parents because I feel no slowdown of energy, enthusiasm or even memory.
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I didn't know you were Catholic. (to Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson as he got down on one knee to beg Pelosi to find Democratic support for the bailout bill)-2008
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I love having the support of my caucus. We have a good working relationship.
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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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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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America must be a light to the world, not just a missile.
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I would never think of crying about any loss of an office, because that's always a possibility, and if you're professional, then you deal with it professionally.
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What we're discussing privately and publicly, is a budget which is a blueprint for the future which creates jobs, which educates our children, which provides healthcare for all Americans, which takes our deficit down, which gives a tax cut for 95% of the American people.
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I think that much of the truth has been withheld from the American people.
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The House of Representatives has never sued a sitting president in all of U.S. history.
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Maybe it will take a woman to clean up the House.
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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