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" By definition, conservatives struggle with change. "
Donna Brazile
Change
Definition
Struggle
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" Sixty years after Brown v. Board of Education, it's time for us to take a hard look at the separate and unequal conditions that still exist in our schools and our communities and rededicate ourselves to fulfilling the promise of equal opportunity for all. "
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" Voting shouldn't be a challenge. It should be as easy and accessible as possible. We shouldn't require forms of ID that folks don't have. We shouldn't restrict days or hours that allow working people a chance to both do their job and exercise their democratic right, and we damn well shouldn't be throwing up new obstacles midstream. "
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" The 2000 election exposed some ugly history in our country. "
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" Due process policies such as tenure are put in place to protect good teachers from being fired without cause. They aren't there to protect 'bad' teachers. "
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" Democrats have pushed for equal pay for women because we know that when women succeed, America succeeds. "
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" After Katrina, no one was the same. People, relatives, they were dying one after another. "
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" I put my energy, voice, and spirit into fighting for anybody who wants to speak their voice. I don't care what the right wing, the left wing, or the chicken wing has to say. "
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" Until there are no more hate crimes, no more vicious bullying and ugly slurs, whenever a person comes out - whether that person is a celebrity or a 'nobody' - it should be celebrated like the triumph of courage it is. "
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" Since Bush has been in office, African-American women have fallen behind in terms of income and wages. "
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" I think it's important in a democracy such as ours that we have multiple sources to get news and information and utilize the media only if we want to get a different opinion. "
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Media
" I was motivated to be different in part because I was different. "
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" Let me say this as your incoming chair of the Democratic national committee: I promise you, my friends, I commit to all Americans, that we will have a party that you can be proud of. We will elect Democrats up and down the ballot. "
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You
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Party
" While the law cannot force a person to be moral or tolerant, through the law we can demand respect and expect equality. "
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" I keep telling these millennials it's all about them to get into politics and start making things happen. They don't care about whether or not someone is gay. They don't care to see contraception taken away or want to even discuss it. They're going forward, not backward. "
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" If you want your checkbook to follow your heart, make a donation to those doing work you support. "
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Doing
" Generally, Senate races are not a referendum on the president or on any one issue but a choice between the two candidates on the ballot. "
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Senate
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" Food stamps are an investment in our future. "
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Investment
Food
Future
" When a campaign doesn't go my way, I always take a step back, look at the facts, and try to figure out what we could learn from that experience. "
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Experience
Step
Go
" As a child, I lived through and survived the segregated South. I sat at the back of the bus at a time when America wasn't yet as great as it could be. As a grown woman, I saw the first black president reach down a hand and touch the face of a child like I once was, lifting his eyes toward a better future. "
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" Yes, President Abraham Lincoln was a Republican, but a hundred years later, the Republican Party wasn't Lincoln's. Richard Nixon became president by courting Americans upset by integration, intentionally fueling the racial divide. "
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" When I was growing up, our nation was partitioned: Blacks were segregated by law in the South and largely by custom in the North, though it, too, had segregation laws. Our best universities had quota systems. Many white communities had real estate covenants to keep nonwhites out. "
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" Before Hillary-bashing became its own thing, she was subjected to the standard-issue woman-bashing used on every powerful woman in Washington. "
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" Failure. It doesn't exist. 'Failure' is just what happens when we lose perspective. "
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" George W. Bush was good as his word. He visited the Gulf states 17 times; went 13 times to New Orleans. Laura Bush made 24 trips. Bush saw that $126 billion in aid was sent to the Gulf's residents, as some members of his own party in Congress balked. "
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" Being on food stamps can be demeaning. Cashiers know the difference between the new plastic SNAP cards and a credit card. Some food stamp recipients say some cashiers have made them feel uncomfortable and embarrassed. "
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Say
" Over the years, I've worked for and alongside the American Federation of Teachers and National Education Association. That's because I am proud of our public school teachers - including my niece who teaches down in Louisiana - just as I am proud of our nation's education system. "
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" I've organized everything for my family since I was little. I know how to delegate and budget. I solve people's problems. "
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" Hunger in America is an American problem. The hunger of one should be the concern of all. Especially the hunger of children - our children. "
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" For some Republicans, 2016 is 1992: Hating Hillary Clinton is chic again. Only more so, since the former secretary of state is also the partner of and potential successor to the last two Democratic presidents - Bill Clinton and Barack Obama. "
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