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" No voters will be left behind. "
Donna Brazile
Behind
Left
Voters
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" We are not post-racial. And in many ways we don't even know how to have a conversation about being post-racial. Until we get out of that old-school way of thinking about race and opportunity and the ability to transcend some of the past of this country, then we're going to be stuck in the 20th-century conversation about race. "
Donna Brazile
Thinking
Past
Opportunity
" A campaign is about defining who you are - your vision and your opponent's vision. "
Donna Brazile
Vision
You
Campaign
" 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
" 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
" 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. "
Donna Brazile
Racial
Upset
Yes
" As Americans, we are proud that we are a country that people run to, not from. "
Donna Brazile
People
Run
Country
" 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. "
Donna Brazile
Own
Congress
Good
" As a child, I sat in the back of the bus. 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
Child
Day
God
" 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. "
Donna Brazile
I Am
Education
School
" The 2000 election exposed some ugly history in our country. "
Donna Brazile
Some
Country
Election
" Gay comes in all shapes, sizes, strengths, and personalities. Just like straight does. It shouldn't be news that- guess what - some gay people don't fit your stereotype. "
Donna Brazile
Gay
News
People
" 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. "
Donna Brazile
Voting
People
Job
" 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
" We march on because all lives matter, not to be judged by the color of their skin. "
Donna Brazile
Color
Skin
Because
" The law is only our best approximation of justice, and the law needs constant revision. "
Donna Brazile
Our
Justice
Best
" 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 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
" 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
" Ask any worker at Starbucks, Cosi, McDonald's or Walmart, 'How many jobs do you have?' and likely he or she will tell you: 'Two.' I know colleagues who've had breakfast at one store, and gone to lunch in another, only to find the same person waiting on them. "
Donna Brazile
Breakfast
Lunch
Colleagues
" If you're a girl, you're always Daddy's little girl. You're vulnerable, no matter how worldly or sophisticated or strong you'd become along the way. My dad Lionel let me know how proud he was, even as he kept me from being too big for my britches. "
Donna Brazile
Strong
Girl
Know
" People don't trust government, they don't trust Wall Street, they don't trust the church, they don't trust the media. "
Donna Brazile
Media
Government
Church
" 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
" 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
" Democrats believe that when more people vote, it's not just good for our party; it's good for democracy. "
Donna Brazile
People
Good
Vote
" 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
" 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
" In modern politics, polls often serve as the canary in the mine - an early warning signal of danger or trends. But polls can also be used to wag the dog - diverting attention from something significant. "
Donna Brazile
Early
Trends
Dog
" 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
Here
Vote
Know
" 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
" 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