The Art of Power Quotes

“When I die and happily meet my Creator, He will ask me to show Him my wounds. If I tell Him that I have no wounds, my Creator will ask: Was nothing worth fighting for?”
― Nancy Pelosi, The Art of Power: My Story as America's First Woman Speaker of the House

“I remember March 24, 2017, with great clarity. The Republicans thought that they would repeal the ACA around the anniversary of the passage of the final legislation. But Democrats knew that Speaker Ryan didn't have the votes to pass the Republican bill, because outside groups and patient advocates were reporting to us that the Republicans were still desperately seeking votes in and outside of the chamber.
As the AHCA was being debated, I told my members that I would seek recognition that the Speaker pull the bill from the floor. But before I could be recognized, Paul Ryan pulled his own bill - because he did not have the votes. One lesson in successful legislation that should be observed: the Speaker should only bring a bill to the floor when he has the votes - not simply on the anniversary of when I had the votes.”
― Nancy Pelosi, The Art of Power: My Story as America's First Woman Speaker of the House

“We were later informed that some members of the vice president’s security detail called their families to tell them goodbye.”
― Nancy Pelosi, The Art of Power: My Story as America's First Woman Speaker of the House

“His denial and then delays when the Covid pandemic struck, his penchant for repeatedly stomping out of meetings, his foul mouth, his pounding on tables, his temper tantrums, his disrespect for our nation’s patriots, and his total separation from reality and actual events. His repeated, ridiculous insistence that he was the greatest of all time. It was the same for his subservient enablers.”
― Nancy Pelosi, The Art of Power: My Story as America's First Woman Speaker of the House