Christine Pelosi quotes

The last time I saw Ted Kennedy was a generation after my first meeting, at the Senate subway below the Capitol on Obama's Inauguration Day. He was his usual gregarious and gracious self - with beaming smile and booming voice wishing my husband and me good luck with our pregnancy and expressing his excitement about the new president. (Christine Pelosi)
The beauty of our democracy lies in the American value of equality: if you vote, you have a seat at the table. If you speak, you have a chance to persuade others. A billionaire and a minimum wage earner have the same power at the ballot box. View quote
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Conservatives and companies condoned Rush Limbaugh's 2006 attacks on Michael J. Fox for campaigning about stem cell research. View quote
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Sitting at a candidate rally is similar to sitting in a ballyard. Both give you the opportunity to assess the technical metrics and reflect on the intangibles - what baseball calls 'make up' and politics calls 'character' - the leadership, talent and maturity to add value to a venture. View quote
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Voting is a civic sacrament - the highest responsibility we have as Americans. View quote
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If we say we believe in equality for all then we must fight for equality for all, not betray our immigrant sisters. View quote
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When women vote, Progressives can win. When women organize and bring some common sense to the conversation, it becomes more authentic. View quote
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The Chavez-Obama pictures will join a postmodern photo array that includes Donald Rumsfeld gifting Saddam Hussein with spurs from President Reagan. View quote
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The free market allowed shock jocks to flourish, and millions of listeners apparently enjoyed the rant. View quote
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We should go forward in courts and Congress with investigations into post-9/11 interrogations and the decisions leading to them. View quote
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Tax what you burn not what you earn. (Christine Pelosi)
President Obama and Democrats won a mandate to move us forward with jobs, healthcare reform, equality, and nation building here at home. View quote
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Mitt Romney has won the 2012 presidential nomination by promising Republicans that he would end a so-called 'culture of dependency' on welfare - welfare defined as 'free stuff' and food stamps for poor folks, not tax breaks for Big Oil or tax shelters for Bain executives. View quote
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Being green and clean is not just an aspiration but an action. View quote
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For the sake of public discourse, for the demands of the free market, and for the value we place in citizen advocacy, Rush Limbaugh must go. View quote
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No Republican presidential candidate is a viable option for pro-choice voters of any political philosophy - Democrat, Republican or otherwise. View quote
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After President Obama's election, efforts at othering Obama quickly became about smearing his non-partisan allies and ambassadors. View quote
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I co-founded the DNC Veterans and Military Families Council in 2005. View quote
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Remember the Dreamers whose patriotism was praised when the Democratic House passed, and the Senate filibustered - the DREAM Act in 2010? Washington promised a path to citizenship, not just a roadblock to deportation. View quote
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When it comes to voting rights, Democrats push voter protection while Republicans shout voter fraud in a crowded polling place. Democrats think anyone who can vote should vote; Republicans think everyone who should vote can vote. View quote
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If have to undergo preschool safety checks every morning, why does a random thug get to own an assault rifle? (Christine Pelosi)
I worked as a prosecutor watching Catholic priests charged with sex abuse and saw firsthand how the 'circle the wagons' mentality revictimized the innocent, coddled the guilty, and made matters worse for everyone. View quote
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Campaign boot camp started as an opportunity to work in a grassroots way with people who were running for Congress. Colleagues on the Democratic National Committee were batting around different possibilities. I said, 'We should have boot camps.' View quote
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You can bring your children under age 18 into the voting booth with you. Many families do so as a way to teach civic responsibility. View quote
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Who knows what crumbling infrastructure lies beneath our sleeping children? Actually, many people do - they pay surveyors to take a look. View quote
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