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" 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. "

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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. "

Nancy Pelosi

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" I don't know that anybody has walked up to me in the street or in a store or in the grocery and said to me, 'I hope you bomb Assad.' Certainly plenty have said, 'No; thumbs down, thumbs down, thumbs down.' "

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

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

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

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

" 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. "

" I went to Catholic school throughout my whole academic life. In fact, my children - my husband and I and our children in my own family now have over 100 years of Catholic education among us. "

" 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.' "

" 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. "

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

" If I cry, it's about the personal loss of a friend or something like that. But when it comes to politics - no, I don't cry. "

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

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

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

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

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

" America must be a light to the world, not just a missile. "

" 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.' "

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

" 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. "

" I was pampered in the fact that I had five older brothers, which I highly recommend to anyone. "

" As you may know, I was raised in an Italian Catholic family in Baltimore, Maryland. "

" 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. "

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

Nancy Pelosi

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Going

" 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. "

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

" My brother is the former mayor of Baltimore. "