“On this Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Americans commemorate and celebrate two extraordinary moments in the history of our country and in our pursuit of a more equal, more just, and more perfect union: the upcoming 50th anniversary of Dr. King’s story of his remarkable dream and the second inauguration of President Barack Obama.”

“When Nancy Pelosi was elected speaker of the House in 2007, she cracked the marble ceiling. As a former member of Congress — and more importantly, as a mother of two daughters — I was thrilled. But I was also very moved.”

“In 1987, the people of San Francisco elected an Italian-American, Catholic mother of five to represent them in Congress. In her first speech on the House floor, California’s new congresswoman astonished her colleagues and people across our country by daring to utter an unmentionable word: “AIDS.” With that speech, House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi revealed exactly what she is: fearless.”

“Nancy Pelosi, Democratic leader of the House of Representatives, appeared at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University on Thursday to mark the 50th anniversary of “The President’s Commission on the Status of Women” and to take measure of how far, and not so far, women have come since the report was published in October 1963.”

“And remember one thing,” she said at the interview’s end, firmly back on message. “When women succeed, America succeeds,” said Pelosi, who was the first woman to become speaker of the House in U.S. history. “We have many women candidates in the field that we’re promoting.”

“I’m not here on a shift. I’m here on a mission — and when my work is done, that’s when I will leave,” Pelosi said in a recent interview with POLITICO.

“We lost $25 billion in our economy,” Pelosi said while talking to members of the media following an appearance at Sacramento State.

“It’s hard to imagine a more deserving inductee to the National Women’s Hall of Fame than House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, a San Francisco Democrat.”

‘Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves, for the rights of all who are destitute. Speak up and judge fairly; defend the rights of the poor and needy.”

“This law, like its predecessors, honors the vow of our founders, of the guarantee in our Declaration of Independence to “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.” Indeed, the Affordable Care Act enables and empowers Americans to lead healthy lives, with the liberty to pursue their happiness, to follow their passions, no longer job-locked by their health insurance policy.”