“I didn't know you were Catholic. (to Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson as he got down on one knee to beg Pelosi to find Democratic support for the bailout bill)-2008”

—  Nancy Pelosi

[Perspectives, Newsweek 152 no. 14, November 6, 2008, 2008-11-08]
2000s

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