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" I shudder to think what Republican presidential contenders will say in a 2016 primary to win over voters who think Eric Cantor isn't conservative enough. "
Donna Brazile
Who
Enough
Republican
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" At the same time that Donald Trump was facing a federal discrimination lawsuit for refusing to rent to minority families, Hillary Clinton risked her own safety to seek out the truth, to comfort the afflicted, and to make a home for justice where there was none. It was at the Children's Defense Fund that I met Hillary. "
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Truth
Home
Justice
" Voter turnout comes down to organizing, educating, activating. "
Donna Brazile
Down
Turnout
Organizing
" I grew up in the once segregated South. I experienced forced integration during my formative school years. I lived the sacrifices, burdens, and tears. I also lived the moments of understanding, of acknowledgment, of fellowship and success. I saw my parents and grandparents coming home beaten down - and some of my friends beaten up. "
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Parents
Success
Tears
" No voters will be left behind. "
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Behind
Left
Voters
" My mama told me it's not what they call you - it's what you answer to. "
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You
Answer
Call
" When Katrina hit, my family lost everything - their homes, jobs, friends - and then it was a ripple effect, as so many others attached to them were affected. I had to come up with $12,000 per month to take care of everyone. "
Donna Brazile
Lost
Take Care
Friends
" 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
" We have done a poor job educating people about education. Only when we have clarified that can we talk about how best to achieve it. "
Donna Brazile
Education
Best
People
" 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
" The untold secret driving the obstruction to Obama's economic equality agenda is this: The opposition isn't really battling Big Government. The opposition is protecting an economic system that's putting more and more of the earned income out of reach for those aspiring to better themselves. "
Donna Brazile
Better
Government
Driving
" Every member of my family was displaced by Katrina. "
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Katrina
Family
Every
" I talked to the general counsel of the DNC, and he assures me that every step along the way, when we were notified of these issues, that we changed systems, changed procedures, but these hackers are so sophisticated that they changed procedures. "
Donna Brazile
Step
Sophisticated
Me
" Remember, Obama was elected by a bigger margin than George W. Bush. He deserves to have his appointees, and he deserves to have votes on the issues, to have the government function, and to fight for the policies on which he was elected. "
Donna Brazile
Bigger
Fight
Government
" 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. "
Donna Brazile
President
Senate
Races
" If you're a Supreme Court justice, the American people have elevated you to one of the highest offices in the land out of the goodness of their heart and out of deference to your legal wisdom. You get a lifetime appointment, limitless prestige, a great office, and what I have to assume is a very comfortable chair. "
Donna Brazile
Heart
People
Wisdom
" I've organized everything for my family since I was little. I know how to delegate and budget. I solve people's problems. "
Donna Brazile
Know
People
Problems
" Congressional opposition to immigration reform or emergency funds doesn't stem from any philosophical objections or differences of principle. It stems from a calculated, petty, selfish rejection of anything Obama proposes. "
Donna Brazile
Differences
Petty
Rejection
" Hurricane Katrina was the storm of the 21st century. It devastated an area the size of Great Britain. More than 1,800 Americans died. Three hundred thousand homes were destroyed. There was $96 billion in property damage. I served on the Louisiana Recovery Authority. I saw Congress write one big check and then skip town. "
Donna Brazile
Great
Authority
Hurricane
" After Katrina, no one was the same. People, relatives, they were dying one after another. "
Donna Brazile
Relatives
Dying
After
" I think that five, 10, 50 years down the road, we'll be honoring President Barack Obama for ending two wars, stopping the economic hemorrhage and, yes, reducing the number of uninsured. And the polls won't matter. "
Donna Brazile
Matter
Think
Road
" Civic education and civic responsibility should be taught in elementary school. "
Donna Brazile
School
Responsibility
Education
" 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
" A government of, by, and for the people requires that people talk to people, that we can agree to disagree but do so in civility. If we let the politicians and those who report dictate our discourse, then our course will be dictated. "
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People
Will
Government
" Fear is one of the worst, and most limiting, emotions in life. "
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Fear
Most
Worst
" Integrated schools help students achieve academic success in the present and personal success in the future. "
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Achieve
Present
Success
" 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. But I have never, ever, in all my years seen a leader so committed to delivering that better future to America's children as Hillary Clinton. "
Donna Brazile
Future
Woman
Children
" Events like Hurricane Katrina and Superstorm Sandy were unlike any weather disasters before. They showed the world who suffers the most from the impacts of extreme weather: low-income families and communities of color. "
Donna Brazile
Hurricane
World
Weather
" 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. "
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Here
Vote
Know
" Jesus was a community organizer, Pontius Pilate was a governor. And perhaps they should understand the role of a community organizer is to help people in distress. "
Donna Brazile
Help
Understand
People
" 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