18 quotes by Nancy Pelosi

“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.” — Nancy Pelosi

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“Furthermore, we believe that health care reform, again I said at the beginning of my remarks, that we sent the three pillars that the President's economic stabilization and job creation initiatives were education and innovation - innovation begins in the classroom - clean energy and climate, addressing the climate issues in an innovative way to keep us number one and competitive in the world with the new technology, and the third, first among equals I may say, is health care, health insurance reform.” — Nancy Pelosi

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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.” — Nancy Pelosi

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“The American dream is about freedom.” — Nancy Pelosi

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“Freedom is secured every day by our men and women in uniform. We must build a future worthy of their sacrifice.” — Nancy Pelosi

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“Jobs mean freedom for workers to support their families.” — Nancy Pelosi

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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.” — Nancy Pelosi

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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.” — Nancy Pelosi

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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.” — Nancy Pelosi

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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.'” — Nancy Pelosi

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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.” — Nancy Pelosi

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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.” — Nancy Pelosi

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“In our recovery package we put new standards of accountability and transparency, which we hope will now apply.” — Nancy Pelosi

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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.” — Nancy Pelosi

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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.” — Nancy Pelosi

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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.” — Nancy Pelosi

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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.” — Nancy Pelosi

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“I have absolutely no regret about my vote against this war. The same questions remain. The cost in human lives, the cost to our budget, probably 100 billion. We could have probably brought down that statue for a lot less.” — Nancy Pelosi

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