Unemployment benefits are creating jobs faster than practically any other program Nancy Pelosi More Quotes by Nancy Pelosi More Quotes From Nancy Pelosi We're sad about some of the losses of members of great seniority and distinction in the Congress, and some very new members, who will no longer be serving with us. Nancy Pelosi congress distinction loss Hillary Clinton knows, as I did know, as my women members know - that a woman being elected to a position, it's not about what it means to that woman. It's not about what it means to Hillary to be the first president. It's about what it means to all of the women in America, that a woman has broken the ultimate marble ceiling and that anything is possible for them and their daughters - and their sons. It's about sons, too. Nancy Pelosi daughter mean son I do think that our democracy is so great, we can withstand even a candidacy of Donald Trump. And when we emerge from this, it has to be respecting the position of those who supported him, addressing the anger and anxiety that they have, and, again, bringing the country together, which was always the purpose of our founders, a more perfect union. Nancy Pelosi perfect country thinking In this House, we may belong to different parties, but we serve one country. Nancy Pelosi party house country The word 'campaign' is a war term. So when you go into a campaign you just prepare to go to war. If you think this is an exercise in civic activity... then you are going to be surprised. Nancy Pelosi exercise war thinking Hillary Clinton is probably one of the best prepared people to walk into the Oval Office certainly in a generation, with all the love and respect and admiration that I have for President Obama, and he's been a great president, going in he was nowhere nearly as prepared as Hillary Clinton. Nancy Pelosi office president people After 100 years of trying, finally we passed health care for all Americans as a right for all - not just a privilege for a few. It honored the vows of our Founders: Of life, a healthier life; liberty; the freedom to pursue our own happinesses. ... We knew that ... this bill was ironclad constitutionally. Nancy Pelosi liberty trying years Think of an economy where people could be an artist or a photographer or, eh, a writer without worrying about keeping their day job in order to have health insurance, or that people could start a business and be entrepreneurial and take risk but not be job-locked because a child has asthma or someone in the family is bipolar. You name it. Any condition is job-blocking. Nancy Pelosi artist children thinking My statements are just a statement of fact. Nancy Pelosi statements facts I have said it before and I will say it again: Impeachment is off the table. Nancy Pelosi never-trust-anyone tables said Power is not anything that's given away. Power is something you have to compete for. Nancy Pelosi given Democrats believe in reigniting the American dream by removing barriers to success and building ladders of opportunity for all, so everyone can succeed. Nancy Pelosi dream opportunity believe [The Republicans] have come up with nothing. They say repeal and replace. That has alliteration. Nancy Pelosi alliteration come-up republican You have to believe in who you are and what difference you can make. You have to care about the urgency and the difference it will make to your community, and you have to, again, have confidence in the contribution that you can make. You believe, you care, you have confidence in the difference that you can make. And that's not to be egotistical, it's just to be confident. Nancy Pelosi differences community believe I'm a mother of five, and raising five babies, little children, you have to make use of time in a very effective way. So, I think that may have trained me. Nancy Pelosi mother baby children Ninety-eight percent of women in childbearing age who are Catholic use contraception. Ok, so in practice the church has not enforced this and now they want the federal government and private insurance to enforce it. It just isn't consistent to me. Nancy Pelosi eight government practice Health care is a right, not a privilege. In order for that right to be shared by everyone, it's very important that we eliminate free riders. Everybody should be participating. The bigger the pool, the lower the cost, the healthier the country. Nancy Pelosi important order country Everything within a half-a-minute or a half-an-inch is gold, silver, bronze or nothing. Nancy Pelosi silver half gold I think Bernie Sanders understands better than anyone the chasm that exists between a Democratic - the Democrats and the Republicans when it comes to being there for America's working families, and that's what he's about, and that's what we're about as Democrats. Nancy Pelosi being-there america thinking No money changed hands, of course. Nancy Pelosi no-money changed hands