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I would say that one of the things that encouraged me so much when I became elected to the leadership was the letters I received from fathers of daughters, saying that, 'My daughter can now do many more things because of what you did.'

From Nancy Pelosi

I do believe that during the Bush-Cheney administration, that Vice President Cheney set a tone and an attitude for the CIA.

From Nancy Pelosi

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

From Nancy Pelosi

Washington and Congress are steeped in history and tradition, and that's been very male-oriented.

From Nancy Pelosi

The beauty of the Democratic Party is in the mix.

From Nancy Pelosi

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.

From Nancy Pelosi

Presidents and speakers for over 100 years had tried to pass affordable care for all Americans. It was challenged over and over. The Supreme Court declared it constitutional.

From Nancy Pelosi

I have a few uniforms - depending on whether I'm going to a college campus or meeting a head of state. But clean and easy works best for me.

From Nancy Pelosi

The country needs more than one-party dominance, as much as I believe the Democratic Party is the party for the middle class... We need to have a marketplace of ideas.

From Nancy Pelosi

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.

From Nancy Pelosi

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