Top 90 Nancy Pelosi Quotes (2025 Update)

1. “Be yourself, know your power, have confidence in what you have to contribute.”

— Nancy Pelosi

2. “I believe in natural gas as a clean, cheap alternative to fossil fuels.”

— Nancy Pelosi

3. “I’m Nancy Pelosi, but my grandchildren call me Mimi. For me, politics is an extension of my role as a mother and a grandmother. For the Democratic women of the House, our work is not about the next election, but rather the next generation.”

— Nancy Pelosi

4. “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

5. “Unemployment benefits are creating jobs faster than practically any other program.”

— Nancy Pelosi

6. “If I had my way, sporting guns would be strictly regulated, the rest would be confiscated.”

— Nancy Pelosi

7. “Anybody who’s ever dealt with me knows not to mess with me.”

— Nancy Pelosi

8. “The impact of climate change is a tremendous risk to the security and well-being of our countries.”

— Nancy Pelosi

9. “I always say the beauty is in the mix.”

— Nancy Pelosi

10. “Each generation is responsible to make the future of the next.”

— Nancy Pelosi

11. “Go to find common ground; where you can’t, you stand your ground.”

— Nancy Pelosi

12. “Being the first woman speaker and breaking the marble ceiling is pretty important. Now it’s time to move on.”

— Nancy Pelosi

13. “Our view of the law is that it – if somebody is here without sufficient documentation, that is not reason for deportation.”

— Nancy Pelosi

14. “I must have good genes from my parents because I feel no slowdown of energy, enthusiasm or even memory.”

— Nancy Pelosi

15. “Having five children in six years is the best training in the world for Speaker of the House.”

— Nancy Pelosi

16. “For our daughters and our granddaughters now, the sky is the limit.”

— Nancy Pelosi

17. “Hamas is a humanitarian organization.”

— Nancy Pelosi

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

— Nancy Pelosi

19. “Republicans support opening the floodgates to special interest money and suppressing the right to vote. It’s just plain wrong.”

— Nancy Pelosi

20. “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.”

— Nancy Pelosi

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

— Nancy Pelosi

22. “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

23. “Nothing brings more money to the Treasury of the United States, than investment in education of the American people.”

— Nancy Pelosi

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

— Nancy Pelosi

25. “The only time I’m the only woman in the room is when I go to the leadership meeting.”

— Nancy Pelosi

26. “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

27. “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.”

— Nancy Pelosi

28. “You cannot cut your way to deficit reduction.”

— Nancy Pelosi

29. “Saddam Hussein certainly has chemical and biological weapons. There’s no question about that.”

— Nancy Pelosi

30. “I have absolutely no regret about my vote against this war. The same questions remain. The cost in human lives, the cost to our budget, probably 100 billion. We could have probably brought down that statue for a lot less.”

— Nancy Pelosi

31. “I have deep emotions about the American people. If I were to cry for anything, I would cry for them and the policies that they’re about to face.”

— Nancy Pelosi

32. “Civilization as we know it today would be in jeopardy if the Republicans win the Senate.”

— Nancy Pelosi

33. “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

34. “We’re sad about some of the losses of members of great seniority and distinction in the Congress, and some very new members, who will no longer be serving with us.”

— Nancy Pelosi

35. “In this House, we may belong to different parties, but we serve one country.”

— Nancy Pelosi

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

— Nancy Pelosi

37. “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

38. “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.”

— Nancy Pelosi

39. “As we move forward to debate our economic and fiscal challenges in the weeks and months ahead, one thing is clear: Our economic agenda, choices and decisions, will be viewed through the perspective and the eyes of our nation’s women and their needs and those of their families.”

— Nancy Pelosi

40. “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

41. “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

42. “But I would say, you know, if you’re getting married – why are you getting married? Why would you get married? Why would anybody get married?”

— Nancy Pelosi

43. “On the subject of money and politics and the rest, I have a DARE: Disclose who are these people; Amend the Constitution to overturn Citizens United; Reform: let’s have public financing of campaigns; and Empower.”

— Nancy Pelosi

44. “We will energize America by achieving energy independence.”

— Nancy Pelosi

45. “I pride myself in being called a liberal.”

— Nancy Pelosi

46. “Elect us, hold us accountable, and make a judgment and then go from there. But I do tell you that if the Democrats win, and have substantial majorities, the Congress of the United States will be more bipartisan.”

— Nancy Pelosi

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

— Nancy Pelosi

48. “If women have confidence in themselves, they will have confidence in other women.”

— Nancy Pelosi

49. “To have diversity of opinion in the debate strengthens the outcome and you get a better result.”

— Nancy Pelosi

50. “As many of you know, I came from San Francisco. We don’t have a lot of farms there. Well, we do have one – it’s a mushroom farm, so you know what that means.”

— Nancy Pelosi