96+ Best Nancy Pelosi Quotes: Exclusive Selection

Nancy Patricia Pelosi is an American Democratic Party politician serving as Speaker of the United States House of Representatives since January 2019. She also served as Speaker of the House from 2007 until 2011, and she is the first woman in U.S. history to hold that position. Inspirational Nancy Pelosi quotes will encourage you to think a little deeper than you usually would and broaden your perspective.

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Most Famous Nancy Pelosi Quotes

I think women bring a special skill for consensus building, intuitive thinking. And one other thing: women listen and they listen to everyone. I’m not saying some men don’t, I’m just saying my experience is that we’re all better off if we all have a voice at the table, hearing each other. Nancy Pelosi

Furthermore, we believe that health care reform, again I said at the beginning of my remarks, that we sent the three pillars that the President’s economic stabilization and job creation initiatives were education and innovation  innovation begins in the classroom  clean energy and climate, addressing the climate issues in an innovative way to keep us number one and competitive in the world with the new technology, and the third, first among equals I may say, is health care, health insurance reform. Nancy Pelosi

The fact is that a lot of the spending increases came during the Bush administration. Two unpaid for wars we got ourselves engaged in. A prescription drug plan that added enormous amounts to our spending, and the tax cuts at the high end that did not create jobs and create revenue coming. Nancy Pelosi

As Speaker of the House of Representatives, she is the highest-ranking elected female official in the United States.

The impact of climate change is a tremendous risk to the security and well being of our countries. Nancy Pelosi

To have diversity of opinion in the debate strengthens the outcome and you get a better result. Nancy Pelosi

We have so much room for improvement. Every aspect of our lives must be subjected to an inventory of how we are taking responsibility. Nancy Pelosi

I do believe that if we reduce the role of money in politics and increase the level of civility in our political discussion, we will have more women in politics younger people, more minorities, more people of color, but especially more women. Nancy Pelosi

You have to believe in who you are and what difference 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

The only time I’m the only woman in the room is when I go to the leadership meeting. Nancy Pelosi

If people don’t have a job, they’re not too interested in how you intend for them to have a job. They want to see results. Nancy Pelosi

I think that the optics of it are that those who were at the White House were the ones who brought the- the virus back to Capitol Hill. Nancy Pelosi

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. Nancy Pelosi

There are the fundamental core values of the Democratic Party, which is to work to grow the economy, to create jobs, to encourage small business, to encourage ownership, to expand access to quality health care, to enhance opportunity by making higher education more affordable to American’s young people, to have our children live in safe neighborhoods, drug free, crime free, and a safe and clean environment, first and foremost to provide for the national defense, to protect and defend the American people, and to have accountability for our budget and for our spending. Nancy Pelosi

Think of an economy where people could be an artist or a photographer or a writer without worrying about keeping their day job in order to have health insurance. Nancy Pelosi

But we have to pass the bill so you can find out what is in it, away from the fog of the controversy. Nancy Pelosi

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

It is clear that the American people are weary of war. However, Assad gassing his own people is an issue of our national security, regional stability and global security. Nancy Pelosi

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

If women have confidence in themselves, they will have confidence in other women. Nancy Pelosi

Who’s taking care of the children is an important question for all of us. Nancy Pelosi

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

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

I went to all girls’ schools my whole life, so every model of leadership that I saw was a young girl or a woman, and so there was never any hesitation that women could lead. I know what I believe. Nancy Pelosi

Did I ever tell my constituents that if they liked their plan they could keep it? I would have if I’d ever met anybody who liked his or her plan. But that was not my experience. Nancy Pelosi

Well, we’re getting our information the way everyone else is, in the media. But in terms of the succession, that’s an ongoing process. Nancy Pelosi

I promise to do everything in my power to achieve energy independence and to do so within ten years and to stop global warming, which says to the American people that we are about the future, about addressing how we create jobs, how we care for our children, how we grow our economy, and how we preserve our planet. Nancy Pelosi

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 elected, on the subject of a woman being president. Nancy Pelosi

The sequestration is a bad idea, all around. It is something that is out of the question. If you have spending cuts, education of our children, other investments, on the National Institutes of Health, where you are hindering growth, you’re no going to reduce the deficit. Nancy Pelosi

Women are leaders everywhere you look  from the CEO who runs a Fortune 500 company to the housewife who raises her children and heads her household. Our country was built by strong women and we will continue to break down walls and defy stereotypes. Nancy Pelosi

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. Nancy Pelosi

Civilization, as we know it today, would be in jeopardy if the Republicans win the Senate. Nancy Pelosi

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

 Hamas is a humanitarian organization. Nancy Pelosi

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

Be yourself, know your power, have confidence in what you have to contribute. Nancy Pelosi

It’s almost a false argument to say that we have a spending problem.

Older people are not going to evaporate from the face of the Earth for two years. They’re going to have medical need and they’re going to have to be attended to. And the earlier intervention for it, the less the cost will be and the better the quality of life. Nancy Pelosi

Pays to have a nuclear bomb in your pocket.

Women just have to have the confidence, taking inventory of what they have accomplished, whether it’s being a mom, being a teacher, being a small businesswoman, being in the military whatever it happens to be, whatever combination of experiences, place a gold star on all of it. Be proud of it and be your authentic self. Nancy Pelosi

Let’s talk about where a more serious structure might be necessary, where fencing will do or mowing the grass so that people can’t be smuggled through the grass  that’s something.

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

We have to pass the bill for you to find out what’s in it.

Nothing brings more money to the Treasury of the United States than investment in education of the American people. Nancy Pelosi

Forcing Trump to release his tax returns is one of the first things we’d do when Democrats win back the House.

Pass the bill to find out what’s in it. Nancy Pelosi

Unemployment benefits are creating jobs faster than any other program.

The best advice I ever got running for office was ‘Be yourself.’ Authenticity is everything. Think of what you have to offer and how unique that is. Nancy Pelosi

I believe in natural gas as a clean, cheap alternative to fossil fuels. It’s cheap, abundant and clean compared to fossil fuels.

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. Nancy Pelosi

Waiting hours longer in the emergency room will allow you to make new friends!

We have so much room for improvement. Every aspect of our lives must be subjected to an inventory of how we are taking responsibility. Nancy Pelosi

Pelosi, speaking on the House floor, said she will remain a member of Congress and serve out the term to which she was just elected.

Perhaps there could be some sampling. Let’s depend on science on how to deal with it. Nancy Pelosi

 I would never think of crying about any loss of an office, because that’s always a possibility, and if you’re professional, then you deal with it professionally. Nancy Pelosi.

I always say the beauty is in the mix. Nancy Pelosi

The committee will be empowered to examine all aspects of the federal response to coronavirus, and to assure that the taxpayers’ dollars are being wisely and efficiently spent to save lives, deliver relief and benefit our economy. Nancy Pelosi.

Go to find common ground; where you can’t, you stand your ground. Nancy Pelosi

We do want them to honor what our conversation was, which is this is just a stopping off point for the check. It goes to the airline and directly to the employee, we just don’t want to hold it up. Nancy Pelosi.

The sequestration is a bad idea, all around. It is something that is out of the question. If you have spending cuts, education of our children, other investments, on the National Institutes of Health, where you are hindering growth, you’re no going to reduce the deficit. Nancy Pelosi

The sequestration is a bad idea, all around. It is something that is out of the question. If you have spending cuts, education of our children, other investments, on the National Institutes of Health, where you are hindering growth, you’re no going to reduce the deficit. Nancy Pelosi.

People exposed to the virus are largely minority. Everybody’s affected. But the death toll in the lack of of testing and tracing in the minority community has had a very negative impact. Nancy Pelosi

My biggest fight has been between those who wanted to do something incremental and those who wanted to do something comprehensive. We won that fight, and once we kick through this door, there’ll be more legislation to follow. Nancy Pelosi.

I come back to the science that is in it to reduce our dependence on foreign oil and climate change. It’s about science, science, science and science, innovation, as we rebuild America, create jobs, invest in our people and turn this economy around. Nancy Pelosi

Democratic priorities remain clear: to provide a tax cut for working families, to promote policies that produce jobs and economic growth, and to assist millions of our fellow Americans who have lost their jobs through no fault of their own. Nancy Pelosi.

It isn’t as much you a spending problem as a priorities, and that is what the budget is, setting priorities. It’s about timing. And it’s about timing as to when make cuts, as well. Nancy Pelosi

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.

It’s not that we’re saying that women are better than men. The beauty is in the mix. You have to have diversity of opinion at the table, whether it’s men and women, people of color, young people, LGBTQ, you have to have diversity at the table it’s absolutely essential. Nancy Pelosi

If women have confidence in themselves, they will have confidence in other women. Nancy Pelosi.

And, cuts in education, scientific research and the rest are harmful, and they are what are affected by the sequestration. Nancy Pelosi

The fact is that a lot of the spending increases came during the Bush administration. Two unpaid for wars we got ourselves engaged in. A prescription drug plan that added enormous amounts to our spending, and the tax cuts at the high end that did not create jobs and create revenue coming. Nancy Pelosi.

Tracing, treating, mask wearing, sanitation, separation and the rest and you don’t believe in science and you don’t want to govern to say. Nancy Pelosi

Older people are not going to evaporate from the face of the Earth for two years. They’re going to have medical need and they’re going to have to be attended to. And the earlier intervention for it, the less the cost will be and the better the quality of life.

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

Libya has taken steps over the last few years to improve its international standing, including taking responsibility for the 1988 bombing of a Pan Am passenger jet over Lockerbie, Scotland. Nancy Pelosi.

What I do care about is that it’s an obstacle to other women entering politics because they’ll say, Why would I do that? I have plenty of other options. And women with plenty of options are just the women that we want to be in politics and government. Nancy Pelosi

This provision would turn millions of immigrants currently here into criminals, hindering their ability to acquire any legal status, and would effectively frustrate the proposals that would provide real immigration reform. Nancy Pelosi

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

Many in Congress have been concerned for many years about China’s violation of human rights, occupation of Tibet, of proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, and that of course is a national security issue. But on the basis of trade alone, this is a bad deal for the American people. Nancy Pelosi.

To crush this virus. And one way not to do it is to crush the Affordable Care Act, which the Senate is in the process of trying to do. Nancy Pelosi

This isn’t about partisanship and I’m afraid the White House is taking it in that direction in preventing this from coming forward, Nancy Pelosi.

Whatever the deal is with other countries, we want a better deal for America’s workers. Nancy Pelosi

I feel sad for him today, and for his family. But I even feel sadder for the American people, who have had their lives affected by the culture of cronyism and corruption that exists in Washington. Nancy Pelosi.

There’s plenty of opportunity for everyone, so there’s no reason to worry about somebody else’s success, either saying you couldn’t do this so she’s better than you, or she’s doing it so you can’t. No, she’s doing it so you can. Nancy Pelosi

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. Nancy Pelosi

People always ask, what impact will this have on the election? I say I’m not interested in that. 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. Nancy Pelosi.

Did I ever tell my constituents that if they liked their plan they could keep it? I would have if I ever met anybody who liked his or her plan, but that was not my experience, that was not my experience. And it was not my experience as a mother of five, who occasionally has a bad back and the rest of that. I was considered a poor risk, even though I had some resources and thought I was quite strong for having five children. But the insurance company didn’t see it that way. Nancy Pelosi

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. Nancy Pelosi.

They don’t believe in science and they don’t want to do anything about it, because they don’t believe in governance. Nancy Pelosi

I went to all girls’ schools my whole life, so every model of leadership that I saw was a young girl or a woman, and so there was never any hesitation that women could lead. I know what I believe. Nancy Pelosi.