“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.” PeopleKnowsGovernmentCommonResponsibilityInvolvedCommon Ground Author:Nancy Pelosi
“The American people are very, very ready for a woman president. They're far ahead of the politicians. I always thought it would be much easier to elect a woman president of the United States than Speaker of the House, because the people are far ahead, as I say, of the electeds, on the subject of a woman being president.” PeopleStatesWould BeHousePresidentUnitedUnited StatesSubjectsReadyPoliticianEasierSpeakers Author:Nancy Pelosi
“I don't reject the concept of preemptive war. I'm a mother of five. I have five grandchildren. And I always say: Think of a lioness. Think of a mother bear. You come anywhere near our cubs, you're dead. And so, in terms of any threat to our country, people have to know we'll be there to preemptively strike. But what the president [Bush] did was, on the basis of no real intelligence for an imminent threat to our country, chose to go into a war for reasons that are still unknown to us.” PeopleThinkingKnowsStillsWarRealCountryReasonMotherPresidentTermFiveBearsConceptsBasesThreatStrikesOur CountryRejectsGrandchildrenPresident BushCubsLionessReal Intelligence Author:Nancy Pelosi
“You know, God bless him, bless his heart, president of the United States, a total failure, losing all credibility with the American people on the economy, on the war, on energy, you name the subject.” PeopleKnowsHeartWarStatesNamesEnergyPresidentUnitedUnited StatesEconomySubjectsLosingBlessCredibilityKnowing GodGod Bless 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
“I come back to the science that is in it to reduce our dependence on foreign oil and climate change. It's about science, science, science and science, innovation, as we rebuild America, create jobs, invest in our people and turn this economy around.” PeopleJobsAmericaTurnsEconomyInnovationClimateClimate ChangeOilDependenceForeign Oil Author:Nancy Pelosi
“It is clear that the American people are weary of war. However, Assad gassing his own people is an issue of our national security, regional stability and global security.” PeopleWarPoliticsJusticeDemocracyIssuesClearViolenceSecurityPolicyEthicsHuman RightsIdeologyStabilityForeign PolicyWearyNational SecurityAssad Author:Nancy Pelosi
“For three decades, Senator Arlen Specter served the people of Pennsylvania with independence, toughness, determination and an unflinching devotion to the best interests of his constituents and our country. From the committee room to the Senate chamber, Senator Specter offered a voice of reason and passion in every debate - always willing to reach across the aisle and work across party lines to get the job done, regardless of political gamesmanship or gain.” PeopleCountryReasonDoneJobsPoliticalPassionThreeVoiceInterestLinesRoomsPartyHistoryWillingGainsDeterminationIndependenceDecadesDebateDevotionOur CountrySenateSenatorsCommitteesChamberToughnessConstituentsAislePennsylvaniaGet The Job DoneVoice Of Reason Author:Nancy Pelosi
“Nothing brings more money to the Treasury of the United States, than investment in education of the American people.” PeopleStatesUnitedUnited StatesInvestmentMore MoneyTreasuryInvestment In Education Author:Nancy Pelosi
“Older people are not going to evaporate from the face of the Earth for two years. They're going to have medical need and they're going to have to be attended to. And the earlier intervention for it, the less the cost will be and the better the quality of life.” PeopleNeedsYearsTwoEarthFacesQualityCostMedicalTwo YearsInterventionQuality Of LifeOlder People Author:Nancy Pelosi
“On the subject of money and politics and the rest, I have a DARE: Disclose who are these people; Amend the Constitution to overturn Citizens United; Reform: let's have public financing of campaigns; and Empower.” PeopleUnitedSubjectsCitizensConstitutionDareCampaignsReformEmpoweringFinancingCitizens United Author:Nancy Pelosi
“As we disagree with each other, we learn more about each other, and more and more people are coming together.” PeopleTogetherDisagreeComing Together Author:Nancy Pelosi
“What is key for winning the election is to be able to put forth a vision for our future and how this election affects people's lives.” PeopleAbleWinningVisionKeysElectionOur Future Author:Nancy Pelosi
“I believe that Hillary Clinton is one of the best prepared people in our history to enter the Oval Office, with her vision, her knowledge, her experience, her strategic thinking, her connection to the American people.” PeopleThinkingBelieveI BelieveVisionOfficeConnectionsPreparedClintonStrategicOvalStrategic Thinking Author:Nancy Pelosi
“I think that people have great anger over what happened in 2008 in terms of the economy.” PeopleThinkingTermEconomyHappened Author:Nancy Pelosi
“The Democrats have been there for working people in our country. That's who we are, trickle-down vs. middle-class economics. That's the major difference between the parties.” PeopleHas BeensCountryDifferencesPartyClassMiddleMajorsEconomicsDemocratOur CountryWho We AreMiddle ClassTrickle Down Author:Nancy Pelosi
“Lincoln said, public sentiment is everything. We have to listen to the people and come together as we prioritize our agenda and go forward.” PeopleSaidTogetherAgendasSentimentsPrioritize Author:Nancy Pelosi
“Hillary Clinton is probably one of the best prepared people to walk into the Oval Office certainly in a generation, with all the love and respect and admiration that I have for President Obama, and he's been a great president, going in he was nowhere nearly as prepared as Hillary Clinton.” PeoplePresidentWalksGenerationsOfficePreparedClintonAdmirationPresident ObamaLove And RespectOvalGreat Presidents Author:Nancy Pelosi
“Be yourself. Hillary Clinton, you have a great vision for our country. You know the policy, you have good judgment that springs from that. You're a strategic thinker, and you have a connection with the American people that springs from a lifetime of service and leadership to them, to America's working families. So, just go talk about that. Forget the script, forget everything else. Just be Hillary Clinton. Be yourself.” PeopleKnowsCountryAmericaForgetVisionPolicyJudgmentSpringConnectionsLifetimeClintonScriptsOur CountryBeing YourselfThinkerStrategicGood JudgmentForget EverythingGreat Vision Author:Nancy Pelosi
“I think a primary always makes the other candidate a better candidate because you're battle-tested and you have to think in ways that other people are thinking in addition to your own vision, how to incorporate some fresher, newer thinking into all of that.” PeopleThinkingWayVisionBattlePrimariesCandidatesTested Author:Nancy Pelosi
“Hillary Clinton truly is sincere, but she has to connect more with the American people in terms of what she believes in and how she intends to accomplish progress in their lives.” PeopleBelieveTermProgressClintonAccomplishSincere Author:Nancy Pelosi
“[the Republicans] have come up with nothing. They say repeal and replace. That has alliteration. But that's all it has going for it because they don't have a replacement. What they have put forth and outlined will cost more to consumers. It will cover fewer people. It will give tax breaks to the wealthiest people.” PeopleGivingBreakRepublicanCostTaxesCome UpConsumersFewerReplacementsTax BreaksGoing For ItAlliteration Author:Nancy Pelosi
“[Donald Trump] has nothing to show for it but fear in every way. To people who are sick, fear, to people who are immigrants, fear, to people who are concerned about the greed on Wall Street taking us back to where we were.” PeopleWayShowsStreetsWallTrumpConcernedSickGreedImmigrants Author:Nancy Pelosi
“Students will want to address the issues that they have a passion for, but I think that the challenge to this generation is the challenge of the climate crisis. Young people bring more enthusiasm, knowledge and sense of urgency on that issue. This is as planet they will inherit, they have a responsibility for it as well, and part of that responsibility is to urge people in power to make the right decisions about how we go forward.” PeopleThinkingWantWellsYoungPassionChallengesDecisionResponsibilityIssuesGenerationsStudentsPlanetsCrisisClimateEnthusiasmAddressesUrgesUrgencyThis GenerationRight DecisionSense Of UrgencyMake The Right Decision Author:Nancy Pelosi
“Take inventory of what you have to offer. Place a value on it. Respect it - because if you don't respect what you have to offer it's hard for other people to.” PeopleIfsHardValuesOffersInventory Author:Nancy Pelosi
“My daughter Alexandra once told me, "Mother, you're a pioneer. Now, hardly anybody cooks, but you were one of the first to stop." After 20 years of cooking, I started to appreciate the value of other people's work. So I would, say, go get a duck in Chinatown. I always had the salad and set the table, but I didn't have to clean the pots.” PeopleYearsFirstsMotherValuesDaughterAppreciateTablesCookingCleanCooksMy DaughterPotDucksPioneersSaladChinatown Author:Nancy Pelosi
“I don't have a nightlife. People say, "You need these cocktail dresses for all the receptions" - except I don't go, because we have no idea if we are going to be in session. But my husband has encouraged me to, shall we say, keep up with fashion.” PeopleIfsNeedsIdeasFashionHusbandDressesNo IdeaMy HusbandSessionCocktailsReceptionNightlifeCocktail Dresses Author:Nancy Pelosi
“Fashion and all that it implies - hair, makeup - is an art form. If you look organized and well presented, people think that you're organized in your mind and you take pride in yourself. And besides, it's fun. Isn't it fun?” PeopleIfsThinkingMindWellsLooksArtFormFunFashionHairPrideOrganizedMakeupPride In Yourself Author:Nancy Pelosi
“People say to me all the time, "Oh, you do such a good job unifying the House Democrats." I say, "I don't. Our values unify us. We are unified with our commitment to America's working families about job creation, about budget policies that invest in the future, good-paying jobs."” PeopleValuesHousePolicyCreationCommitmentDemocratGood Job Author:Nancy Pelosi
“I do trust that the president is sincere in understanding that the public supports - that overwhelmingly the public supports - not sending these young people back. It was interpreted by some that we had a deal on the deal. But that wasn't on the package. We had an agreement to move forward, in our view, with the DREAM Act as a basis for how we protect the DREAMers and for further discussions on what provisions relating to the border might be in an accompanying bill or whatever as we go forward. So I trust the president in that regard.” PeopleDreamMovingUnderstandingPresidentSupportProtectMoving ForwardDiscussionSincereDreamer Author:Nancy Pelosi
“Think of an economy where people could be an artist or a photographer or, eh, a writer without worrying about keeping their day job in order to have health insurance, or that people could start a business and be entrepreneurial and take risk but not be job-locked because a child has asthma or someone in the family is bipolar. You name it. Any condition is job-blocking.” PeopleThinkingChildrenArtistWorryEconomyRiskPhotographerEntrepreneurialBipolarAsthma 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
“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.” PeopleIfsFacesEmotionCryPolicyDeep Emotions Author:Nancy Pelosi
“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.” PeopleThinkingJobsArtistOrderWorryEconomyPhotographyPhotographerDay Jobs Author: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.” PeopleIfsAmericaChanceCitiesLibertyTerroristDiminishHippieCivil LibertiesTerrorist Attacks Author: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.'” PeopleThinkingSaidDoneMotherWinningParentPrayingMassElectionGods WillSunday Author:Nancy Pelosi
“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.” PeopleHonestHonestyIntegrityDemocratCongressEthicalHonesty And Integrity Author:Nancy Pelosi
“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.” PeopleDreamFactorsYour DreamsAspirationColleaguesBest Work Author:Nancy Pelosi
“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.” PeopleGivingChildrenJobsCuttingTaxesOur ChildrenBudgetsEducateHealthcareDeficitDiscussingTax CutsBlueprintsBudget Deficit Author:Nancy Pelosi
“That's why they (the Bush administration) had to make up that story about weapons of mass destruction. Because that was the only thing that would sell to the American people, and that wasn't true.” PeopleStoriesWeaponsMassDestructionSellsAdministrationWeapons Of Mass DestructionMass Destruction Author:Nancy Pelosi
