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
My biggest fight has been between those who wanted to do something incremental and those who wanted to do something comprehensive. We won that fight, and once we kick through this door, there’ll be more legislation to follow. – Nancy Pelosi
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. – Nancy Pelosi
We are not going back to the failed policies of the past. We are fighting for the middle class! – Nancy Pelosi
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. – Nancy Pelosi
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.’ – Nancy Pelosi
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
We have so much room for improvement. Every aspect of our lives must be subjected to an inventory… of how we are taking responsibility. – Nancy Pelosi
My father was in Congress when I was born. He was mayor my whole life from when I was in grade school – first grade – to when I went away to college. – Nancy Pelosi
Jobs are central to the American dream – and President Obama has focused on jobs from day one. – Nancy Pelosi
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. – Nancy Pelosi
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. – Nancy Pelosi
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
Freedom is secured every day by our men and women in uniform. We must build a future worthy of their sacrifice. – Nancy Pelosi
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. – Nancy Pelosi
I must have good genes from my parents because I feel no slowdown of energy, enthusiasm or even memory. – Nancy Pelosi
My vision for the future always centers around our children – it always centers around our children. So anytime anybody asks me what are the three most important issues facing the Congress, I always say the same thing: ‘Our children, our children, our children.’ – Nancy Pelosi
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
I have deep emotions about the American people. If I were to cry for anything, I would cry for them and the policies that they’re about to face. – Nancy Pelosi
I don’t care how popular I am. I’m not putting myself out there to run for higher office. – Nancy Pelosi