Nancy Pelosi
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!'Collection: Chance
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.Collection: Technology
Freedom is secured every day by our men and women in uniform. We must build a future worthy of their sacrifice.Collection: Freedom
Jobs mean freedom for workers to support their families.Collection: Freedom
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.Collection: History
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.Collection: Equality
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.'Collection: Health
I don't know any member of Congress who ever said, 'I'm satisfied with the communication that we have from the White House.'Collection: Communication
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.Collection: Future
I love having the support of my caucus. We have a good working relationship.Collection: Relationship
I really want women to know their power, to value their experience. To understand that nothing has been more wholesome in the political process than the increased involvement of women.Collection: Experience
The American dream is about freedom.Collection: Freedom
The beauty of the Democratic Party is in the mix.Collection: Beauty
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.Collection: Sad
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.'Collection: Leadership
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.Collection: Government
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.Collection: Leadership
I do believe that during the Bush-Cheney administration, that Vice President Cheney set a tone and an attitude for the CIA.Collection: Attitude
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.Collection: Politics
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.Collection: Health
I had five children in six years. The day I brought my fifth baby home, that week, my daughter turned 6.Collection: Home
While we may argue about the size of government, the Republican Party has not been a party that says, 'I want to destroy government.'Collection: Government
Every month that we do not have an economic recovery package 500 million Americans lose their jobs.
Don't underestimate your opponent, but don't overestimate them, either.
But we have to pass the bill so you can find out what is in it, away from the fog of the controversy.
America must be a light to the world, not just a missile.
We are not going back to the failed policies of the past. We are fighting for the middle class!
If you don't vote, you don't count.
We in Congress stand by Israel. In Congress, we speak with one voice on the subject of Israel.
We have so much room for improvement. Every aspect of our lives must be subjected to an inventory... of how we are taking responsibility.
I don't care how popular I am. I'm not putting myself out there to run for higher office.
Democrats embrace The Affordable Care Act. We're very proud of it.
With President Obama, we will move America forward.
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.
In our recovery package we put new standards of accountability and transparency, which we hope will now apply.
Being the first woman speaker and breaking the marble ceiling is pretty important. Now it's time to move on.
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.
I will not be making appointments to a committee that is not bipartisan.
Washington and Congress are steeped in history and tradition, and that's been very male-oriented.
I always saw politics as an expansion of my role as a mom.
The impact of climate change is a tremendous risk to the security and well-being of our countries.
After over 200 years, not even a fifth of Congress is women.
I think that much of the truth has been withheld from the American people.
I don't know that anybody has walked up to me in the street or in a store or in the grocery and said to me, 'I hope you bomb Assad.' Certainly plenty have said, 'No; thumbs down, thumbs down, thumbs down.'
Putin is going to do what Putin is going to do.
I have newspapers coming to me and saying, 'Can we get in on the TARP?'.
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.
Social Security has never failed to pay promised benefits, and Democrats will fight to make sure that Republicans do not turn a guaranteed benefit into a guaranteed gamble.
As I view the Republicans in Congress, I don't see them as a real reflection of many Republicans in our country.
I read that my lifelong dream is to serve as speaker with Hillary Clinton as president. So what?