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„[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.“

—  Nancy Pelosi

The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (November 30, 2005)
2000s

„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“

—  Nancy Pelosi

Referring to Bertie Ahern (Ah-hern) at a joint meeting of the US Congress at Capital Hill in Washington (April 30th, 2008) http://www.rte.ie/news/2008/0430/ahernb.html
2000s

„I say to my colleagues never confine your best work, your hopes, your dreams, the aspiration of the American people to what will be signed by George W. Bush because that is too limiting a factor.“

—  Nancy Pelosi

[Associated Press, House Dems face uphill battle to end Iraq war, http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17534366/, MSNBC.com, March 8, 2007, 2007-03-09]
2000s

„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 passed for the American people.“

—  Nancy Pelosi

11 November 2010 http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2010/11/11/a_polarizing_pelosi/
2010s

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

—  Nancy Pelosi

[Darling, Brian, Pelosi Lets Earmarks Rule the Day in Congress, Human Events, 64, 34, October 6, 2008, 2008-11-22]
2000s

„With Americans worried about losing their jobs, their savings, their homes and their chance at the American Dream, the New Direction Congress will work in a bipartisan way to lift our economy and help America's middle class.“

—  Nancy Pelosi

[Pelosi Statement on Fiscally Responsible Recovery Package to Lift Economy and Help the Middle Class, October 15, 2008, http://web.ebscohost.com/ehost/detail?vid=4&hid=112&sid=e9e82631-01bc-425d-b19f-38189788ba53%40sessionmgr107&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWh, 2008-11-08]
2000s

„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“

—  Nancy Pelosi

[Perspectives, Newsweek 152 no. 14, November 6, 2008, 2008-11-08]
2000s

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

—  Nancy Pelosi

[Susan Ferrechio, Pelosi: Bush Impeachment 'Off the Table', http://www.nytimes.com/cq/2006/11/08/cq_1916.html, New York Times, November 8, 2006, 2008-03-15]
2000s

„[Under the Affordable Care Act] everybody will have lower rates, better quality care, and better access.“

—  Nancy Pelosi

NBC-TV Meet the Press (July 1, 2012) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqONZAN_Us0
2010s

„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 care for America, but about a healthier America, where preventive care is not something that you have to pay a deductible for or out of pocket. Prevention, prevention, prevention—it's about diet, not diabetes. It's going to be very, very exciting. But we have to pass the bill so that you can find out what is in it, away from the fog of the controversy.“

—  Nancy Pelosi

9 March, 2010. Source: http://www.slate.com/id/2279128/ Having to pass a bill to know what is does is a Grin and Bear It cartoon punchline http://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/john-roberts-obamacare-cartoon from 1947, paraphased in a 1948 Indiana Law Journal article by then Supreme Court Justice Felix Frankfurter. http://www.repository.law.indiana.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3871&context=ilj Frankfurter was in turn cited in 2015's decision in King v. Burwell, authored by Chief Justice John Roberts, which turned on a complication in the very law resulting from the bill Pelosi was above describing. http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/14pdf/14-114_qol1.pdf
2010s

„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“

—  Nancy Pelosi

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

—  Nancy Pelosi

[Gajewski, Karen Ann, Worth Noting, Humanist, 68, 5, September/October 2008, http://web.ebscohost.com/ehost/detail?vid=19&hid=114&sid=fc488ea1-3734-4774-a772-f0aafb4b9077%40sessionmgr103&bdata=JmxvZ2lucGFnZT1sb2dpbi5hc3Amc2l0ZT1laG9zdC1saXZl#db=afh&AN=34312851, 2008-11-22]
2000s

„Are you serious? Are you serious?“

—  Nancy Pelosi

When asked :"Madam Speaker, where specifically does the Constitution grant Congress the authority to enact an individual health insurance mandate?" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-JByUpfmjQ
2000s

„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 middle class, and spur a new age of innovation and ingenuity in our country.“

—  Nancy Pelosi

[Pelosi: Higher Education Bill is Bipartisan Investment in College Affordability and in America's Middle Class, July 31, 2008, http://web.ebscohost.com/ehost/detail?vid=4&hid=116&sid=67fb11ac-0f16-45c1-8646-27ef9a9cdd0f%40sessionmgr107&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZQ%3d%3d#db=mth&AN=32X1328555230, 2008-11-08]
2000s

„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 the international community that could be misperceived as your approval, and that of the American people, for the draconian policies of the Chinese government. Therefore, it is essential that you unambiguously speak out for human rights and meet with the families of jailed prisoners of conscience while you are in Beijing. (In a letter to President Bush prior to his 2008 trip to Beijing's Summer Olympic Games“

—  Nancy Pelosi

[Pelosi to Bush: It Is Essential That You Speak Out for Human Rights During Visit to China for the Olympics, August 1, 2008, http://web.ebscohost.com/ehost/detail?vid=5&hid=112&sid=e9e82631-01bc-425d-b19f-38189788ba53%40sessionmgr107&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZQ%3d%3d#db=mth&AN=32X1376858305, 2008-11-08]
2000s

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

—  Nancy Pelosi

[Pelosi appeals for China's help on climate change, The Associated Press, May 28, 2009, http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hLcZ2jQ4mu4rd7XlB3hetiVn1qbAD98F32AG0, 2009-05-28, http://web.archive.org/web/20090603034428/http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hLcZ2jQ4mu4rd7XlB3hetiVn1qbAD98F32AG0, 2009-06-03]
2000s

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

—  Nancy Pelosi

Interview with Barbara Walters (December 13, 2006)
2000s

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

—  Nancy Pelosi

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

—  Nancy Pelosi

Referring to George W. Bush on Fox News (March 17, 2005)
2000s