Quotes by Nancy Pelosi

“Am I going to have to use my ‘Mother of Five Voice’ to be heard? (to an inattentive audience while campaigning)-Quoted in the October 23, 2006 issue of Newsweek”

“Democrats are not about getting even. Democrats are about helping the American people get ahead, and that’s what our agenda is about. So while some people are excited about prospects that they have...”

“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.-1985”

“Why should we put a plan out? Our plan is to stop him. He must be stopped.”

“[T]hey had to make up that story about weapons of mass destruction. Because that was the only thing that would sell to the American people, and that wasn't true.”

“I have said it before and I will say it again: Impeachment is off the table.”

“As many of you know, I come from San Francisco. We don't have a lot of farms there. Well, we do have one—it's a mushroom farm, so you know what that means.”

“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.”

“Maybe it will take a woman to clean up the House.”

“Members of Congress I have the high privilege and distinct honour of presenting to you, his excellency Bertie Ahern (/ei/hern), the Taoiseach, the Prime Minister of Ireland.”

“By making college more affordable for all and more accessible for minority students, the first new higher education authorizing legislation in a decade will help strengthen our nation and America's...”

“Your recent meetings with Chinese dissidents at the White House are to be commended. However, your participation at the opening ceremony of the Olympics will send a signal to the Chinese people and...”

“Can we drill your brains?(responding to attendants who interrupted her speech by chanting Drill here! Drill now!)”

“The proposed Bush regulations put politics above the health care needs of Americans.”

“Why don't we just leave this room today forgetting the word 'earmark'?-June 2007”

“This president goes into office with more expectations than any president I can ever remember in my lifetime.-2008”

“I didn't know you were Catholic. (to Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson as he got down on one knee to beg Pelosi to find Democratic support for the bailout bill -2008”

“Every aspect of our lives must be subjected to an inventory...of how we are taking responsibility.”

“You've heard about the controversies within the bill, the process about the bill, one or the other. But I don't know if you have heard that it is legislation for the future, not just about health c...”

“You go through the gate. If the gate’s closed you go over the fence. If the fence is too high, we’ll pole-vault. If that doesn’t work, we’ll parachute in. But we are going to get health care reform...”