“You have to believe in who you are and what difference you can make. You have to care about the urgency and the difference it will make to your community, and you have to, again, have confidence in the contribution that you can make. You believe, you care, you have confidence in the difference that you can make. And that's not to be egotistical, it's just to be confident.” BelieveCareCommunityDifferencesWho You AreContributionUrgencyHave ConfidenceEgotisticalBe Confident Author:Nancy Pelosi
“What I do care about is that it's an obstacle to other women entering politics, because they'll say, "Why would I do that? I have plenty of other options." And women with plenty of options are just the women that we want to be in politics and government.” WantGovernmentCareObstaclesPlentyEnteringI Do Care Author:Nancy Pelosi
“The proposed Bush regulations put politics above the health care needs of Americans.” NeedsCareHealth CareRegulation Author:Nancy Pelosi
“There are the fundamental core values of the Democratic Party, which is to work to grow the economy, to create jobs, to encourage small business, to encourage ownership, to expand access to quality health care, to enhance opportunity by making higher education more affordable to American's young people, to have our children live in safe neighborhoods, drug-free, crime-free, and a safe and clean environment, first and foremost to provide for the national defense, to protect and defend the American people, and to have accountability for our budget and for our spending.” PeopleFirstsChildrenCareJobsYoungValuesOpportunityGrowsPartyQualityEconomyEnvironmentCrimeHigherDrugProtectSafeOur ChildrenFundamentalsCleanDemocraticSpendingDefenseAccessCoreHealth CareBudgetsNeighborhoodAccountabilityOwnershipSmall BusinessDemocratic PartyAffordableHigher EducationCore ValuesNational DefenseQuality Health CareDrug Free Author:Nancy Pelosi
“After 100 years of trying, finally we passed health care for all Americans as a right for all - not just a privilege for a few. It honored the vows of our Founders: Of life, a healthier life; liberty; the freedom to pursue our own happinesses. ... We knew that ... this bill was ironclad constitutionally.” TryingYearsCareLibertyBillsPrivilegePursueHealth CareFoundersHonoredVowHealthier LifeIronclads Author:Nancy Pelosi
“Who's taking care of the children is an important question for all of us.” ChildrenImportantCareImportant Questions Author:Nancy Pelosi
“Health care is a right, not a privilege. In order for that right to be shared by everyone, it's very important that we eliminate free riders. Everybody should be participating. The bigger the pool, the lower the cost, the healthier the country.” ShouldImportantCountryCareOrderCostBiggerPrivilegeHealth CarePoolRidersParticipating Author:Nancy Pelosi
“I promise to do everything in my power to achieve energy independence and to do so within ten years and to stop global warming, which says to the American people that we are about the future, about addressing how we create jobs, how we care for our children, how we grow our economy, and how we preserve our planet.” PeopleChildrenCareEnergyEconomyAchievePromiseOur ChildrenIndependenceGlobal WarmingI Promise Author:Nancy Pelosi
“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.” WorldWayFirstsBelieveMaySaidCareJobsThreeEnergyPresidentNumbersTechnologyIssuesEconomicCreationThirdsInnovationCleanClimateReformHealth CareClassroomInitiativeInnovativeRemarksPillarsNew TechnologyClean EnergyJob CreationHealth Care Reform Author:Nancy Pelosi
“[Martin Luther King, Jr.] would want us to celebrate him, his birth, and his legacy by acting upon his agenda, by realizing the dream, by making the minimum wage a living wage, by having not just family and medical leave, but paid sick leave for our workers, [and] by having quality, affordable child care so that our families, the power of women can be unleashed in our economy and in our society.” WantChildrenDreamCarePoliticalRealizingActingQualityEconomyBirthKingsSickPaidWorkersMedicalCelebrateLegacyOur FamilyOur SocietyAgendasMinimumWant ULutherAffordableMinimum WageUnleashedChild CareLiving WageSick Leave Author:Nancy Pelosi
