Quotes from Nancy Pelosi

If somebody's hacking you, you don't want them to know that you know.

Social Security has never failed to pay promised benefits, and Democrats will fight to make sure that Republicans do not turn a guaranteed benefit into a guaranteed gamble.

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

We can all do better. America is an entrepreneurial society. We had entrepreneurs who started our country. And they want us to think in fresh, new, different ways all of the time.

You know, God bless him, bless his heart, president of the United States, a total failure, losing all credibility with the American people on the economy, on the war, on energy, you name the subject.

America must be a light to the world, not just a missile.

The beauty of the Democratic Party is in the mix.

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.

I read that my lifelong dream is to serve as speaker with Hillary Clinton as president. So what?

I know my debt of gratitude to the women who went before, I know my responsibility to young women coming forward.

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.

The issue of childcare is the missing link in the full contribution of women to our society and to our economy.

Freedom is secured every day by our men and women in uniform. We must build a future worthy of their sacrifice.

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

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.

Let's respect the dignity of women to make their own decisions about the size and timing of their families.

I want women to have all the opportunities that they aspire to.

The more women we elect to public office, the more wholesome the whole process will be, whether it's government, politics, whatever.

There is no question that women helping women works for women.

Women have come a long way, but it never fails to sadden me when I see younger women saying we have to overcome some obstacles.

The president led us into the Iraq war on the basis of unproven assertions without evidence; he embraced a radical doctrine of pre-emptive war unprecedented in our history; and he failed to build a true international coalition.

A successful marriage is a decision. You decide whether it's going to work, and then you turn around and you've been married 45 years.

For 25 years, it has been my privilege to represent the city of San Francisco and the great state of California; to work to strengthen our vibrant middle class; to secure opportunity and equality.

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.