Nancy Pelosi Quotes About House

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• Having five children in six years is the best training in the world for Speaker of the House.

  Nancy Pelosi

  Children, Years, House

• I'm Nancy Pelosi, but my grandchildren call me Mimi. For me, politics is an extension of my role as a mother and a grandmother. For the Democratic women of the House, our work is not about the next election, but rather the next generation.

  Nancy Pelosi

  Mother, Badass, Grandchildren

  Nancy Pelosi's Speech at Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina, www.politico.com. September 4, 2012.

• I was raised in an Italian catholic family in Baltimore, Maryland. Our faith is very important to us, our patriotism, love of faith, love of family, love of country. I took pride in our Italian American heritage and to be the first woman speaker of the House and the first Italian American speaker of the House, it's quite thrilling for me.

  Nancy Pelosi

  Country, Pride, Italian

  Source: www.nbcnews.com

• When President [Barack] Obama was sworn in on the steps of Capitol, he asked for swift, bold action now for jobs and education for the 21st Century, a list, an agenda. One week and one day from that swearing in, the House passed the ARRA, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

  Nancy Pelosi

  Jobs, Recovery, House

  Source: www.realclearpolitics.com

• People say to me all the time, "Oh, you do such a good job unifying the House Democrats." I say, "I don't. Our values unify us. We are unified with our commitment to America's working families about job creation, about budget policies that invest in the future, good-paying jobs."

  Nancy Pelosi

  Commitment, People, House

  Source: www.nbcnews.com

• In this House, we may belong to different parties, but we serve one country.

  Nancy Pelosi

  Country, Party, House

  "Pelosi Elected Speaker, First Woman to Lead House", www.foxnews.com. January 4, 2007.

• The American people are very, very ready for a woman president. They're far ahead of the politicians. I always thought it would be much easier to elect a woman president of the United States than Speaker of the House, because the people are far ahead, as I say, of the electeds, on the subject of a woman being president.

  Nancy Pelosi

  People, House, President

  "What Will It Take to Make A Woman President?: Conversations About Women, Leadership and Power". Book by Marianne Schnall, www.salon.com. November 5, 2013.

• In terms of winning the election, it's all about turnout and how we connect with the voter as to what it means in their lives to turn out to vote, to win the House, the Senate, statehouses, state governorships and the rest.

  Nancy Pelosi

  Mean, Winning, House

  "Nancy Pelosi on her own glass ceiling and Hillary Clinton’s". "PBS NewsHour" with Gwen Ifill and Judy Woodruff, www.pbs.org. July 26, 2016.

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