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" As a longtime political operative, I know firsthand how a vote here or a vote there can make a huge difference in a close election. "
Donna Brazile
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Know
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" Politics is a rough and tumble business. It's not for the faint-hearted. I've got bruises and cuts from being in the political arena. But by and large, I understand how to navigate the process. "
Donna Brazile
Process
Business
Political
" 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. "
Donna Brazile
Best
Law
Real
" 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. "
Donna Brazile
Woman
Child
Eyes
" On behalf of everyone at the DNC, we want to offer a deep and sincere apology to Senator Sanders, his supporters, and the entire Democratic party for the inexcusable remarks made over email. These comments do not reflect the values of the DNC or our steadfast commitment to neutrality during the nominating process. "
Donna Brazile
Commitment
Deep
Party
" 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. "
Donna Brazile
More
Two
Potential
" Integrated schools help students achieve academic success in the present and personal success in the future. "
Donna Brazile
Achieve
Present
Success
" Food stamps are an investment in our future. "
Donna Brazile
Investment
Food
Future
" I was told, time and time again, that God's potential didn't exist in people like me. I've spent my life fighting to change that. And, from the first day when I met Hillary Clinton, I've known that she's someone who cares just as much and fights just as hard. "
Donna Brazile
Day
Life
God
" Obama has a strong record on immigration enforcement, outdoing both Republican and Democratic predecessors. He has deported over 1 million immigrants, focusing on those with criminal records. As documented by many nonpartisan sources, by 2011, Obama had reduced illegal immigration crossings to net zero. "
Donna Brazile
Strong
Immigrants
Over
" I think it's important to remember that civil rights and economic rights are mutually dependent. "
Donna Brazile
Rights
Remember
Important
" In Pope Francis, I see a leader who lives every day in the image of Jesus. Under his guidance, the church is focused once again on providing comfort, compassion and salvation for sinners, the poor, and those who seek peace in an increasingly complex world. That's my Catholicism. "
Donna Brazile
Leader
Day
World
" I was motivated to be different in part because I was different. "
Donna Brazile
Motivational
Be Different
Different
" A campaign is about defining who you are - your vision and your opponent's vision. "
Donna Brazile
Vision
You
Campaign
" School integration did not come to be the day after the Brown ruling was issued. Progress took years, and it took passion, strength, and courage from a large group of committed individuals. "
Donna Brazile
School
Day
Passion
" Under Pope Francis, we have seen a change at the Vatican that is reflective of the church I know and love. He approaches controversial doctrine or past wrongdoing with humility, understanding, and faith in the goodness of mankind. He has served as a voice for the voiceless and has been working to re-establish the church as a home for the homeless. "
Donna Brazile
Love
Home
Humility
" If you want your checkbook to follow your heart, make a donation to those doing work you support. "
Donna Brazile
Support
You
Doing
" I've appeared three times on 'The Good Wife.' I'm proud of being associated with the show. 'Time' magazine called it 'the best thing on TV outside cable.' Did I mention that I also appear on cable? "
Donna Brazile
Best
Good
Proud
" Voter turnout comes down to organizing, educating, activating. "
Donna Brazile
Down
Turnout
Organizing
" Today's fathers are having a rough go being kindly portrayed in the media. Thank God, we do we have President Barack Obama for a national model. He both dotes on and takes a firm loving hand to our first-family daughters. "
Donna Brazile
God
Loving
Media
" I may not be a trained actor, but I've paid my dues. And I mean that literally. I am a fully dues-paid member of SAG/AFTRA. As a political figure, I've been called a 'card carrying' member of numerous groups that I'm not a member of - and now I'm being called a non-actor when I am literally a card-carrying member of the union for actors. "
Donna Brazile
Now
Mean
Actor
" Hunger in America is an American problem. The hunger of one should be the concern of all. Especially the hunger of children - our children. "
Donna Brazile
America
American
Children
" The grand jury system - not just in Ferguson, but nationwide - needs a hard look. Millions feel that officers who are trigger-happy are handed a license to shoot - based not on facts, but on stereotypes the officers carry. "
Donna Brazile
Look
Feel
Facts
" If a critic doesn't think I can act, it's because I'm not acting. That's me - and that's the way I act. "
Donna Brazile
Acting
I Can
Me
" No one remembers how the American people responded day-to-day, week-to-week, or month-to-month about the decisions that Presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry Truman and Dwight Eisenhower made during the most dangerous decades in American and world history. But we know now that they did what was right, and we honor them for it. "
Donna Brazile
History
People
Honor
" 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. "
Donna Brazile
Experience
Step
Go
" Our public portrayal of fathers has shifted during my life. TV fathers have 'evolved' from real people like Sheriff Andy Taylor, Beaver's dad Ward Cleaver and Heathcliff 'Cliff' Huxtable, to cartoon dads like Homer Simpson and Seth MacFarlane's caricatures in 'American Dad!' and 'Family Guy.' "
Donna Brazile
My Life
People
American
" As a practicing Catholic all my life, my faith and the church are never far from my mind. The lessons I learned in the church have structured the way I've approached my life and my career. They were lessons of grace, kindness, forgiveness, and compassion. "
Donna Brazile
Mind
Faith
Life
" As Democrats, we believe in giving every eligible citizen the opportunity to vote - whether it's early because they can't take off work on Election Day or absentee because they might have plans to be out of town. "
Donna Brazile
Opportunity
Election
Day
" I am ashamed of some of Democrats in my own party. "
Donna Brazile
Own
Am
Democrats
" In order for President Obama, Hillary Clinton, and Joe Biden to be moderates, they just have to present themselves between the extremes of Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul's isolationism and Florida Sen. Marco Rubio's hawkishness - the difference between living in a cave or conducting ourselves so that we're in need of one. "
Donna Brazile
Cave
Living
Difference