“I went to all-girls' schools my whole life, so every model of leadership that I saw was a young girl or a woman, and so there was never any hesitation that women could lead. I know what I believe.” KnowsBelieveWholeSchoolYoungGirlI BelieveSawsModelsWhole LifeHesitation Author:Nancy Pelosi
“What the Negro wants - and will not stop until he gets - is absolute and unqualified freedom and equality here in this land of his birth, and not in Africa or in some imaginary state. The Negro no longer will be tolerant of anything less than his due right and heritage. He is pursuing only that which he knows is honorably his. He knows that he is right.” KnowsWantStatesLandBirthAbsolutesDuesHeritageImaginaryUnqualifiedFreedom And Equality Author:Martin Luther King, Jr.
“I feel that the time is always right to do what is right. Where progress for the Negro in America is concerned, there is a tragic misconception of time among whites. They seem to cherish a strange, irrational notion that something in the very flow of time will cure all ills.” FeelsSeemsAmericaProgressStrangeConcernedFlowNotionCuresTragicCherishIrrationalMisconception Author:Martin Luther King, Jr.
“He who controls the money supply of a nation controls the nation.” NationsMoney Author:James A. Garfield
“If women have confidence in themselves, they will have confidence in other women.” IfsHave ConfidenceConfidence In Others Author:Nancy Pelosi
“Time has been used destructively by people of ill will much more than it has been used constructively by those of good will.” PeopleHas BeensUsedIllGood WillIll Will Author:Martin Luther King, Jr.
“There's plenty of opportunity for everyone, so there's no reason to worry about somebody else's success, either saying you couldn't do this so she's better than you, or she's doing it so you can't. No, she's doing it so you can.” ReasonOpportunityWorryPlentyNo ReasonBetter Than You Author:Nancy Pelosi
“Be yourself, know your power, have confidence in what you have to contribute.” KnowsBeing YourselfHave Confidence 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
“If I were constantly worried about death, I couldn't function. After a while, if your life is more or less constantly in peril, you come to a point where you accept the possibility philosophically.” IfsLife IsAcceptingPossibilityFunctionWorriedPeril Author:Martin Luther King, Jr.