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" 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. "

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

Nancy Pelosi

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

" I've never walked away from any of my positions. I take pride in them. "

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

" 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. "

" Washington and Congress are steeped in history and tradition, and that's been very male-oriented. "

" 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 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. "

" 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!' "

" I never dread going back to Congress. "

" My husband and I, when we had our five children and they were grown, we thought we were entitled to grandchildren. And so we were just expecting this to happen; of course, nothing was happening. And then we kept begging, bribing, cajoling, anything - threatening to adopt our own grandchildren - and finally, we got some grandchildren. "

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

" 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. "

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

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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. "

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

" 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. "

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

" I know about raising money. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Raising the minimum wage is the right thing to do, but it's a popular thing to do as well. "

" 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.' "

" 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. "

" 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.' "

Nancy Pelosi

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" 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. "

" My brother is the former mayor of Baltimore. "

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