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I went to Congress to change the policies of our country. I did not go to change the behaviors of members of Congress.

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Nancy Pelosi
Age: 84
Born: 1940
Born: March 26
Minority Leader Of The United States House Of Representatives
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Nancy Patricia D'Alesandro Pelosi
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I think about my parents all the time, especially on Sunday when I'm at Mass. My mother always said, 'We do not pray to win elections. We pray for people's health, we pray that God's will be done, we pray that we do our best. But we do not pray to win elections.'
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Go to find common ground where you can't, you stand your ground.
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I know my debt of gratitude to the women who went before, I know my responsibility to young women coming forward.
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In this House, we may belong to different parties, but we serve one country.
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