QUOTES by Nancy Pelosi
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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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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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The House of Representatives has never sued a sitting president in all of U.S. history.
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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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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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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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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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My husband and I have season tickets to the Giants games, and we go there as fans to enjoy it.
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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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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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I do believe that during the Bush-Cheney administration, that Vice President Cheney set a tone and an attitude for the CIA.
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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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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.
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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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I have a few uniforms - depending on whether I'm going to a college campus or meeting a head of state. But clean and easy works best for me.
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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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We're sad about some of the losses of members of great seniority and distinction in the Congress, and some very new members, who will no longer be serving with us.
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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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Bipartisanship is nice, but it cannot be a substitute for action, not having it cannot prevent us from going forward.
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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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Being the first woman speaker and breaking the marble ceiling is pretty important. Now it's time to move on.
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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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Jobs are central to the American dream - and President Obama has focused on jobs from day one.
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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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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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The American people voted to restore integrity and honesty in Washington, D.C., and the Democrats intend to lead the most honest, most open and most ethical Congress in history.
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I had five children in six years. The day I brought my fifth baby home, that week, my daughter turned 6.
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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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Think of an economy where people could be an artist or a photographer or a writer without worrying about keeping their day job in order to have health insurance.
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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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Democratic priorities remain clear: to provide a tax cut for working families, to promote policies that produce jobs and economic growth, and to assist millions of our fellow Americans who have lost their jobs through no fault of their own.
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We in Congress stand by Israel. In Congress, we speak with one voice on the subject of Israel.
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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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Every month that we do not have an economic recovery package 500 million Americans lose their jobs.
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