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

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" When I first ran for Congress, I went to my daughter Alexandra, who was going to be a senior in high school, and said: 'I have a chance to run. I may not win, but I'd be gone three nights a week. So, if you want me to stay, I'll be happy to.' And do you know what she said to me? 'Mother, get a life!' "

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

" 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. "

" After over 200 years, not even a fifth of Congress is women. "

" The war on terror is the war in Afghanistan. "

" I don't know any member of Congress who ever said, 'I'm satisfied with the communication that we have from the White House.' "

" Democrats believe we must create jobs, not protect the special interests; build the economy from the middle out, not the top down. "

" The House of Representatives has never sued a sitting president in all of U.S. history. "

" If people don't have a job, they're not too interested in how you intend for them to have a job. They want to see results. "

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

" Bipartisanship is nice, but it cannot be a substitute for action, not having it cannot prevent us from going forward. "

" I never dread going back to Congress. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" In our recovery package we put new standards of accountability and transparency, which we hope will now apply. "

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

" Saddam Hussein has been engaged in the development of weapons of mass destruction technology which is a threat to countries in the region and he has made a mockery of the weapons inspection process. "

" For 25 years, it has been my privilege to represent the city of San Francisco and the great state of California; to work to strengthen our vibrant middle class; to secure opportunity and equality. "

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

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

" Let me just say as one who has been speaker of the House, I've had to have a very thick skin about every kind of thing that was thrown at me. "

" I know about raising money. "

" Democrats embrace The Affordable Care Act. We're very proud of it. "

" The president led us into the Iraq war on the basis of unproven assertions without evidence; he embraced a radical doctrine of pre-emptive war unprecedented in our history; and he failed to build a true international coalition. "

" If you make - not have - $1 million a year, should you not participate in the sense of community of our country? I'm willing to put that on the table. "

" 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 read that my lifelong dream is to serve as speaker with Hillary Clinton as president. So what? "

" The beauty of the Democratic Party is in the mix. "

" Tom Foley was a statesman, and it was a privilege to serve under him when he was the Speaker of the House. He loved our country. He was a gentleman. I had the privilege of seeing him a couple days before he passed away. "