Nancy Pelosi Quotes

"Don't underestimate your opponent, but don't overestimate them, either."

"I had five children in six years. The day I brought my fifth baby home, that week, my daughter turned 6."

"But we have to pass the bill so you can find out what is in it, away from the fog of the controversy."

"I always saw politics as an expansion of my role as a mom."

"I would say that one of the things that encouraged me so much when I became elected to the leadership was the letters I received from fathers of daughters, saying that, 'My daughter can now do many more things because of what you did.'"

"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.'"

"I really want women to know their power, to value their experience. To understand that nothing has been more wholesome in the political process than the increased involvement of women."

"The impact of climate change is a tremendous risk to the security and well-being of our countries."

"Freedom is secured every day by our men and women in uniform. We must build a future worthy of their sacrifice."

"My vision for the future always centers around our children - it always centers around our children. So anytime anybody asks me what are the three most important issues facing the Congress, I always say the same thing: 'Our children, our children, our children.'"

"The American dream is about freedom."

"I must have good genes from my parents because I feel no slowdown of energy, enthusiasm or even memory."

"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."

"I think that much of the truth has been withheld from the American people."

"My husband and I have season tickets to the Giants games, and we go there as fans to enjoy it."

"A successful marriage is a decision. You decide it's going to work. You can't always be there, but you have to be there enough. And you have to make sure you are where you're needed most."

"We in Congress stand by Israel. In Congress, we speak with one voice on the subject of Israel."

"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."

"I have absolutely no regret about my vote against this war. The same questions remain. The cost in human lives, the cost to our budget, probably 100 billion. We could have probably brought down that statue for a lot less."

"Putin is going to do what Putin is going to do."

"I don't care how popular I am. I'm not putting myself out there to run for higher office."

"The Republican Party is the Grand Old Party. It's made enormous contributions to the success of our country. And it is a party that has embraced its leadership role when it has had the majority or the White House."

"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."

"I call Washington 'the city of the perishable.'"

"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."

"Being the first woman speaker and breaking the marble ceiling is pretty important. Now it's time to move on."

"I do believe that during the Bush-Cheney administration, that Vice President Cheney set a tone and an attitude for the CIA."

"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."

"I have a few uniforms - depending on whether I'm going to a college campus or meeting a head of state. But clean and easy works best for me."

"I will not be making appointments to a committee that is not bipartisan."