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Nancy Pelosi
85 quotes
“A woman is like a teabag. You can't tell how strong she is until you put her in hot water.”
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“Are you serious? Are you serious?”
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“Am I going to have to use my 'Mother of Five Voice' to be heard?”
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Recorded in: To an inattentive audience while campaigning. Quoted in the October 23, 2006 issue of Newsweek (online edition). Reported in Elizabeth Knowles (ed.) The Oxford Dictionary of Modern Quotations, 3rd ed. (2007) p. 252
“Democrats are not about getting even. Democrats are about helping the American people get ahead, and that’s what our agenda is about. So while some people are excited about prospects that they have in terms of their priorities, they are not our priorities. I have said, and I say again, that impeachment is off the table”
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Recorded in: Quoted in Lisa Mascaro, "Pelosi's no fan of impeachment: Just ask Clinton and Bush", AP (March 20, 2019)
“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.”
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Recorded in: Quoted in Paul S. Herrnson, "Women Running 'as Women': Candidate Gender, Campaign Issues, and Voter-Targeting Strategies", The Journal of Politics, vol. 65 no. 1 (2003)
“America must be a light to the world, not just a missile.”
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Recorded in: Response to the 2004 State of the Union Address
“Why should we put a plan out? Our plan is to stop him. He must be stopped.”
Nancy Pelosi (born 1940) first seen 2005 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Referring to George W. Bush on Fox News (March 17, 2005)
“[T]hey 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.”
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Recorded in: The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (November 30, 2005)
“I have said it before and I will say it again: Impeachment is off the table.”
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“As many of you know, I come from San Francisco. We don't have a lot of farms there. Well, we do have one—it's a mushroom farm, so you know what that means.”
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Recorded in: To The Agribusiness Club of Washington (July 24, 2006)
“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.”
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Recorded in: Post-election comments, 2006-11-7.
“Maybe it will take a woman to clean up the House.”
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Recorded in: Interview with Barbara Walters (December 13, 2006)
“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.”
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“Members of Congress I have the high privilege and distinct honour of presenting to you, his excellency Bertie Ahern (/ei/hern), the Taoiseach, the Prime Minister of Ireland.”
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Recorded in: Referring to Bertie Ahern (Ah-hern) at a joint meeting of the US Congress at Capital Hill in Washington (April 30, 2008) http://www.rte.ie/news/2008/0430/ahernb.html
“By making college more affordable for all and more accessible for minority students, the first new higher education authorizing legislation in a decade will help strengthen our nation and America's middle class, and spur a new age of innovation and ingenuity in our country.”
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“Can we drill your brains?"(responding to attendants who interrupted her speech by chanting "Drill here! Drill now!")”
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“The proposed Bush regulations put politics above the health care needs of Americans.”
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“Why don't we just leave this room today forgetting the word 'earmark'?"-June 2007”
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“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.”
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“This president goes into office with more expectations than any president I can ever remember in my lifetime.-2008”
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“I didn't know you were Catholic. (to Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson as he got down on one knee to beg Pelosi to find Democratic support for the bailout bill -2008”
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“Every aspect of our lives must be subjected to an inventory...of how we are taking responsibility.”
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“You've heard about the controversies within the bill, the process about the bill, one or the other. But I don't know if you have heard that it is legislation for the future, not just about health care for America, but about a healthier America, where preventive care is not something that you have to pay a deductible for or out of pocket. Prevention, prevention, prevention—it's about diet, not diabetes. It's going to be very, very exciting. But we have to pass the bill so that you can find out what is in it, away from the fog of the controversy.”
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Recorded in: 9 March, 2010. Source: Having to pass a bill to know what is does is a Grin and Bear It cartoon punchline[http://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/john-roberts-obamacare-cartoon from 1947, paraphased in a 1948 Indiana Law Jo…
“You go through the gate. If the gate’s closed you go over the fence. If the fence is too high, we’ll pole-vault. If that doesn’t work, we’ll parachute in. But we are going to get health care reform passed for the American people.”
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Recorded in: 11 November 2010
“[Under the Affordable Care Act ] everybody will have lower rates, better quality care, and better access.”
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Recorded in: NBC-TV Meet the Press (July 1, 2012)
“I have said to people when they ask me, if this Capitol crumbled to the ground, the one thing that would remain would be our commitment to our aid, I don’t even call it our aid, our cooperation with Israel. That’s fundamental to who we are.”
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Recorded in: During 2018 IAC National Conference (December 12, 2018)
“The racist, homophobic attack on @JussieSmollett is an affront to our humanity, No one should be attacked for who they are or whom they love. I pray that Jussie has a speedy recovery & that justice is served. May we all commit to ending this hate once & for all.”
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Recorded in: Regarding Jussie Smollett (January 30, 2019)
Also quoted by: Jussie Smollett
“The actions of the Trump presidency revealed dishonorable facts of betrayal of his oath of office and betrayal of our national security and betrayal of the integrity of our elections”
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Recorded in: Read: Nancy Pelosi’s full statement on launching Trump impeachment inquiry (By Jen Kirbyjen.kirby@vox.com Sep 24, 2019, 6:05pm EDT)
“On the final day of the Constitutional Convention in 1787, when our Constitution was adopted, Americans gathered on the steps of Independence Hall to await the news of the government our Founders had crafted. They asked Benjamin Franklin, "What do we have: a republic or a monarchy?" Franklin replied: "A republic, if you can keep it." Our responsibility is to keep it.”
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“Our republic endures because of the wisdom of our Constitution, enshrined in three co-equal branches of government, serving as checks and balances on each other. The actions taken to date by the President have seriously violated the Constitution — especially when the President says, "Article II says, I can do whatever I want.”
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“The action of — the actions of the Trump Presidency revealed the dishonorable fact of the President's betrayal of his oath of office, betrayal of our national security, and betrayal of the integrity of our elections. Therefore, today, I am announcing the House of Representatives is moving forward with an official impeachment inquiry. I am directing our six Committees to proceed with their investigations under that umbrella of impeachment inquiry. The President must be held accountable. No one is above the law.”
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“Getting back to our Founders — in the darkest days of the American Revolution, Thomas Paine wrote: "The times have found us." The times found them to fight for and establish our democracy. The times have found us today, not to place ourselves in the same category of greatness as our Founders, but to place us in the urgency of protecting and defending our Constitution from all enemies, foreign and domestic. In the words of Ben Franklin, to keep our Republic.”
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“It's Sunday morning. Let's be optimistic about the future, a future that will not have Donald Trump in the White House one way or another.”
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Recorded in: interview (January 12, 2020)
“But it's Sunday morning, let's be optimistic about the future -- a future that *will not* have Trump in the White House one way or another.”
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Recorded in: Tweet (January 12, 2020)
“The Trump Administration’s expansion of its outrageous, un-American travel ban threatens our security, our values and the rule of law. The sweeping rule, barring more than 350 million individuals from predominantly African nations from traveling to the United States, is discrimination disguised as policy.”
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Recorded in: Newsroom statements (January 31, 2020)
“Whether he knows it yet or not, he will be leaving”
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Recorded in: Concerning Donald Trump (July 20, 2020)
“China would prefer Joe Biden, whether they do, that's their conclusion, that they would prefer Joe Biden. Russia is actively, 24/7 interfering in our election. They did so in 2016, and they are doing so now. And they [the intelligence community] say that to a certain extent, but they need to tell the American People more. The American People, I believe, think they should decide who the President of the United States is, not Vladimir Putin making that decision for us.”
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Recorded in: CNN Interview (August 9, 2020) quoted in {{cite web
“A brazen invitation for something like this to happen”
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Recorded in: Video "Trump's behaviour was 'brazen invitation' for COVID-19 infection" (October 2, 2020)
“I feel very confident that Joe Biden will be elected President on Tuesday, whatever the end count is.”
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Recorded in: (October 29, 2020)
“Today, with confidence in science & at the direction of the Office of the Attending Physician, I received the COVID-19 vaccine. As the vaccine is being distributed, we must all continue mask wearing, social distancing & other science-based steps to save lives & crush the virus.”
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Recorded in: via twitter (December 18, 2020)
“@SenSchumer and I are calling on President Trump to demand that all protestors leave the U.S. Capitol and Capitol grounds immediately.”
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Recorded in: via Twitter tweet (January 6, 2021)
“I have ordered the flags at the Capitol lowered to half-staff in Officer Sicknick’s honor. The sacrifice of Officer Sicknick reminds us of our obligation to those we serve: to protect our country from all threats foreign and domestic. May it be a comfort to Officer Sicknick’s family that so many mourn with and pray for them at this sad time.”
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Recorded in: Pelosi Statement on Death of Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick (January 8, 2020)
“I ask that you immediately cease plans to improperly install Michael Ellis as the new NSA General Counsel.”
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Recorded in: Letter to Christopher Miller according to Pelosi demands acting Pentagon chief halt his order to NSA to install Trump loyalist as general counsel (January 18, 2021)
“Thank you, George Floyd, for sacrificing your life for justice .. your name will always be synonymous with justice.”
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Recorded in: Cited by HuffPost (April 20, 2021)
“I'm never bringing a bill to the floor that doesn't have the votes.”
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“Let me just say we're going to pass the bill this week”
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Recorded in: Pelosi on infrastructure bill: 'I'm never bringing a bill to the floor that doesn't have the votes'" (September 26, 2021)
“Discussions continue with the House, Senate and White House to reach a bicameral framework agreement to Build Back Better through a reconciliation bill.”
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“All of this momentum brings us closer to shaping the reconciliation bill in a manner that will pass the House and Senate”
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Recorded in: In a letter with the promise: “More to follow" "Democrats scramble to satisfy centrists with Biden’s agenda on the line" (September 30, 2021)
“In order to pass both the Build Back Better Act and the Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill on time, it is essential that difficult decisions must be made very soon.”
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“Overwhelmingly, the guidance I am receiving from Members is to do fewer things well so that we can still have a transformative impact on families in the workplace and responsibly address the climate crisis: a Build Back Better agenda for jobs and the planet For The Children!”
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