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" I have deep emotions about the American people. If I were to cry for anything, I would cry for them and the policies that they're about to face. "

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" 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. "

" I have newspapers coming to me and saying, 'Can we get in on the TARP?'. "

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

" Politicians are trying to attract people to issues. "

" I don't spend a lot of time thinking about the ratings of Congress. I really don't. "

" While we may argue about the size of government, the Republican Party has not been a party that says, 'I want to destroy government.' "

" 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. "

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

" What the Republicans have said is rather than touch one hair on the heads of the wealthiest people in our country, people who make over $1 million a year, they're saying, 'Seniors should pay $6,000 more dollars a year. But please don't let us ask the wealthiest to do their fair share.' "

" 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. "

" With President Obama, we will move America forward. "

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

" 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!' "

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

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

" Americans deserve a better tomorrow, today. "

" Stephen Colbert used to be my friend. I even signed the poor baby's cast when he hurt his hand. "

" The country needs more than one-party dominance, as much as I believe the Democratic Party is the party for the middle class... We need to have a marketplace of ideas. "

" Presidents and speakers for over 100 years had tried to pass affordable care for all Americans. It was challenged over and over. The Supreme Court declared it constitutional. "

" 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.' "

" 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. "

" The American dream is about freedom. "

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

" As I view the Republicans in Congress, I don't see them as a real reflection of many Republicans in our country. "

" They're anti-government ideologues who dominate the Republican Party. "

Republican Party

" 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. "

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

" If you don't vote, you don't count. "