Quotes by Nancy Pelosi

About Nancy Pelosi:

Nancy Patricia D'Alesandro Pelosi is the Minority Leader of the United States House of Representatives and served as the 60th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 2007 to 2011. She is the only woman to have served as the House Speaker and to date is the highest-ranking female politician in American history.
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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.

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

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 wi...

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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.

Nancy Pelosi

America must be a light to the world, not just a missile.

Nancy Pelosi

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.

Nancy Pelosi

Every month that we do not have an economic recovery package 500 million Americans lose their jobs.

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

But we have to pass the bill so you can find out what is in it, away from the fog of the controversy.

Nancy Pelosi

We in Congress stand by Israel. In Congress, we speak with one voice on the subject of Israel.

Nancy Pelosi

Bipartisanship is nice, but it cannot be a substitute for action, not having it cannot prevent us from going forward.

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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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Jobs are central to the American dream - and President Obama has focused on jobs from day one.

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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.

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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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I was pampered in the fact that I had five older brothers, which I highly recommend to anyone.

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I will not be making appointments to a committee that is not bipartisan.

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We haven't really gotten the credit for what we have done.

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With President Obama, we will move America forward.

Nancy Pelosi

Don't underestimate your opponent, but don't overestimate them, either.

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Author Bio

  • NameNancy Pelosi
  • DescriptionAmerican politician, first female Speaker of the House of Representatives, born 1940
  • AliasesNancy Patricia D'Alesandro Pelosi
  • BornMarch 26, 1940
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionPolitician
  • AwardsOrder Of Merit Of The Italian Republic; National Women's Hall Of Fame