“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
“The word 'campaign' is a war term. So when you go into a campaign you just prepare to go to war. If you think this is an exercise in civic activity... then you are going to be surprised.” IfsThinkingWarTermExerciseActivityCampaignsCivics Author:Nancy Pelosi
“Even if Osama bin Laden is caught tomorrow, it is five years too late. To capture him now I don't think makes us any safer.” IfsThinkingYearsFiveTomorrowLateCaughtFive YearsToo LateCaptureBin LadenOsama Bin Laden 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
“I do think that our democracy is so great, we can withstand even a candidacy of Donald Trump. And when we emerge from this, it has to be respecting the position of those who supported him, addressing the anger and anxiety that they have, and, again, bringing the country together, which was always the purpose of our founders, a more perfect union.” ThinkingCountryTogetherPurposePerfectDemocracyPositionTrumpAnxietyUnionsFoundersCandidacy Author:Nancy Pelosi
“We can all do better. America is an entrepreneurial society. We had entrepreneurs who started our country. And they want us to think in fresh, new, different ways all of the time.” ThinkingWayWantDifferentCountryAmericaEntrepreneurOur CountryDifferent WaysWant UEntrepreneurial Author:Nancy Pelosi
“I'm a mother of five, and raising five babies, little children, you have to make use of time in a very effective way. So, I think that may have trained me.” ThinkingWayMayChildrenLittlesUseMotherFiveBabyUse Of Time Author:Nancy Pelosi
“Hillary Clinton should be president not because she's a woman but because she's the best for the job. I don't think that any woman should be asked to vote for someone because she's a woman, and that - because the candidate is a woman.” ThinkingShouldJobsPresidentVoteClintonCandidates 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
“I think Bernie Sanders understands better than anyone the chasm that exists between a Democratic - the Democrats and the Republicans when it comes to being there for America's working families, and that's what he's about, and that's what we're about as Democrats.” ThinkingAmericaRepublicanDemocraticDemocratBeing ThereChasms Author:Nancy Pelosi
“I do think that campaigns are about electing somebody, but they're also about a discussion of the future of our country.” ThinkingCountryCampaignsOur CountryDiscussion 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
“I think many times young women do not give sufficient weight to the unique contribution that they can bring to any discussion or any cause. And they have within them something very special, and they should count all of their experiences as a plus.” ThinkingGivingShouldYoungCausesSpecialUniqueWeightDiscussionSufficientContributionPlusYoung Women Author:Nancy Pelosi
“I believe that women are rising to the occasion to tackle many challenges. Whether it's issues that relate to prosperity, the defense of country, the economy of our country; issues that have traditionally been considered women's issues like health and education and the environment are now being defined in terms of our national strength. So I think women have made a big difference in putting things in perspective.” ThinkingBelieveMadeCountryBigsI BelieveTermChallengesDifferencesEconomyIssuesEnvironmentPerspectiveProsperityDefenseOur CountryDefinedOccasionsRelateRisingHealth And Education Author:Nancy Pelosi
“I'm always touched when I go to events and stuff, to meet fathers who come up to me and thank me and say, "because of you my young daughter knows that she can do anything she sets out to do." And the way young girls are raised now, I don't think there's any doubt that they know they can do anything. And if what goes by the by is that they don't feel they have to be in solidarity with all other women, that's O.K. as long as they know that that strength has been there in the past and can be there in the future for them.” IfsThinkingKnowsWayFeelsLongHas BeensPastYoungGirlFatherStuffCan DoDoubtEventsDaughterRaisedCome UpTouchedSolidarityBecause Of YouYoung Daughter Author:Nancy Pelosi
“My evaluation of President George W. Bush is nothing personal. He's a lovely person. Sadly, I believe he will be remembered for taking us into war unnecessarily at the cost of thousands of American lives, injuries to tens of thousands of our troops, and trillions of dollars to our economy - enormous costs to our reputation, and undermining the capability of our military to protect us. That, I think, will be the overwhelming issue for which his presidency will be remembered: extensive damage to our country.” ThinkingBelievePersonsWarCountryI BelievePresidentEconomyIssuesMilitaryCostProtectDollarsLovelyEnormousReputationOur CountryRememberedDamageInjuryOverwhelmingCapabilityTroopsPresidencyAmerican LifeEvaluationOur TroopsUnderminingPresident George W BushLovely Person Author:Nancy Pelosi
“Since I was in my 20s, I've been giving my face 30 hot splashes in the morning and at night, and I keep thinking, If it's 25, oh my gosh, I'm going to fall apart.” IfsThinkingGivingFacesNightFallMorningHotFalling ApartOh My Gosh 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
“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
“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
“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
“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.” IfsThinkingLossDealsCryPossibilityOffice Author:Nancy Pelosi
“The good news is that we really do think that ... on the immigration issue, that we will, before summer, have comprehensive immigration reform.” ThinkingIssuesSummerNewsImmigrationReformGood NewsComprehensiveImmigration Reform Author:Nancy Pelosi
