Nancy Pelosi Quotes From 'Women In the World Summit' 2012, Posted on Twitter

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D - Calif.) spoke at the 2012 Women in the World Summit Friday in New York, urging women to take on more leadership roles in government and business, removing the influence of money in politics and advocating for women's rights in the health care debate.

Some of the former House Speaker's most popular lines began popping up on Twitter throughout the day.

On women's participation in politics and government:

When I became speaker, they said I made history. I said, we made history, now we have to make progress, says @NancyPelosi #wiw12
— Lindsay Minerva (@lindsayminerva) March 9, 2012

@NancyPelosi : this is our moment. How do we change environment to give more women the opportunity to call the shots? #wiw12 — Terri McCullough (@mterrim) March 9, 2012

@NancyPelosi: I want a legacy of much more participation of women in politics and govt #wiw12 — Farida B. (@bookworm_farida) March 9, 2012

#wiw12 @NancyPelosi - there will be more growth if more women are involved in decision making — StephenieFoster (@StephenieFoster) March 9, 2012

remove obstacles and reduce the role of money and you will increase participation of #women-#nancypelosi #wiw12 — MaryBeth Bognar (@MaryBeth_Bognar) March 9, 2012

Pelosi took a moment out of her day to tweet about the Affordable Care Act:

#WIW12, I told you I would tweet benefits of #HCR for women-top 6 here: flic.kr/p/boNg7u More here: go.usa.gov/PNe — Nancy Pelosi (@NancyPelosi) March 9, 2012