23 Quotes by Nancy Pelosi
- We haven't really gotten the credit for what we have done.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- The impact of climate change is a tremendous risk to the security and well-being of our countries.
- 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.
- We have so much room for improvement. Every aspect of our lives must be subjected to an inventory... of how we are taking responsibility.
- We in Congress stand by Israel. In Congress, we speak with one voice on the subject of Israel.
- 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.
- In our recovery package we put new standards of accountability and transparency, which we hope will now apply.
- We are not going back to the failed policies of the past. We are fighting for the middle class!
- Being the first woman speaker and breaking the marble ceiling is pretty important. Now it's time to move on.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Bipartisanship is nice, but it cannot be a substitute for action, not having it cannot prevent us from going forward.
- But we have to pass the bill so you can find out what is in it, away from the fog of the controversy.
- 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.
- I have newspapers coming to me and saying, 'Can we get in on the TARP?'.
- I will not be making appointments to a committee that is not bipartisan.
- 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.
- America must be a light to the world, not just a missile.
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