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Power is not anything that's given away. Power is something you have to compete for.

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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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Maryland
Nancy Patricia D'Alesandro Pelosi
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Nancy D'Alesandro Pelosi
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To have diversity of opinion in the debate strengthens the outcome and you get a better result.
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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.
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I want women to have all the opportunities that they aspire to.
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In our recovery package we put new standards of accountability and transparency, which we hope will now apply.
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It is clear that the American people are weary of war. However, Assad gassing his own people is an issue of our national security, regional stability and global security.
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The Democratic Party has always been a party that is not known for its unanimity.
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Each generation is responsible to make the future of the next.
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Let's respect the dignity of women to make their own decisions about the size and timing of their families.
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I would do almost anything Tina Fey asks me to do.
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[Barack Obama] had already signed Lilly Ledbetter, signed SCHIP, the children's health insurance program. By the time he had his first address to the joint session, that is as it is called, the first speech, he could say, this is what I asked for, this is what we have done in the first four weeks.
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On February 17th, Four weeks from [Barack Obama's] inauguration, he signed a bill which saved or created 4 million jobs.
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Pass the bill to find out what's in it
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The Republicans have been baying at the moon for seven years, in March it was seven years since the president signed the bill. They've been baying at the moon that they had a better idea.
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Ninety-eight percent of women in childbearing age who are Catholic use contraception. Ok, so in practice the church has not enforced this and now they want the federal government and private insurance to enforce it. It just isn't consistent to me.
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