Quotes By Nancy Pelosi

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

With President Obama, we will move America forward.

Democrats believe in reigniting the American dream by removing barriers to success and building ladders of opportunity for all, so everyone can succeed.

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.

In our recovery package we put new standards of accountability and transparency, which we hope will now apply.

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

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.

I must have good genes from my parents because I feel no slowdown of energy, enthusiasm or even memory.

The American dream is about freedom.

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.

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.

Republicans support opening the floodgates to special interest money and suppressing the right to vote. It's just plain wrong.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

We have so much room for improvement. Every aspect of our lives must be subjected to an inventory... of how we are taking responsibility.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.