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" My father was in Congress when I was born. He was mayor my whole life from when I was in grade school - first grade - to when I went away to college. "

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" Jobs mean freedom for workers to support their families. "

" 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. "

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

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

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

" Jobs are central to the American dream - and President Obama has focused on jobs from day one. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" The American dream is about freedom. "

" 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.' "

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

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

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

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

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

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" 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. "

" We are not going back to the failed policies of the past. We are fighting for the middle class! "

" 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!' "

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

" When taxpayers are subsidizing low wages, people should be aware of that. We're subsidizing an economy. We're not subsidizing people. They are doing a hard day's work. When we're not rewarding work actively, there's something wrong with the system. "

" 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. "

" I love having the support of my caucus. We have a good working relationship. "

" Politicians are trying to attract people to issues. "

" Democrats believe in reigniting the American dream by removing barriers to success and building ladders of opportunity for all, so everyone can succeed. "

" Every month that we do not have an economic recovery package 500 million Americans lose their jobs. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" I had a friend who was getting married. I said, 'You're getting married - I didn't know about all this!' She said, 'I need health benefits.' "

" 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. "