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" The law is only our best approximation of justice, and the law needs constant revision. "
Donna Brazile
Our
Justice
Best
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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. "
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" I'm not the geek in the family: I'm the organizer. But what I do know is that we have a very terrific team of consultants, former federal cybersecurity experts who are working with us to make sure we have a very safe system. "
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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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" I am ashamed of some of Democrats in my own party. "
Donna Brazile
Own
Am
Democrats
" Men don't wear high heels, and they don't make allowances for women who do. Tottering down the corridors of power in beautiful but crippling stilettos telegraphs your preference for style over substance. "
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Women
Beautiful
Power
" Maybe Drudge is more entertainer than reporter. I imagine he enjoys baiting the mainstream media, then watching it look foolish when his story is debunked. "
Donna Brazile
Foolish
Media
Look
" 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
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Good
" The biggest problem for the Republican Party has never been its primary calendar, its campaign tactics, or a lack of trainings. The party's biggest problem is what it believes, what it says, and how it governs. "
Donna Brazile
Calendar
Republican
Problem
" If you want your checkbook to follow your heart, make a donation to those doing work you support. "
Donna Brazile
Support
You
Doing
" 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. "
Donna Brazile
People
Will
Government
" 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. "
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Better
Government
Driving
" Hillary Clinton, because she's the Democrats' presumptive 2016 front-runner, has become the target du jour. Frankly, I don't know how public figures get through it. "
Donna Brazile
Target
She
Know
" We march on because all lives matter, not to be judged by the color of their skin. "
Donna Brazile
Color
Skin
Because
" Before Hillary-bashing became its own thing, she was subjected to the standard-issue woman-bashing used on every powerful woman in Washington. "
Donna Brazile
Own
She
Washington
" 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
" Placing limits on carbon pollution from power plants is about ensuring that we have clean air to breathe and communities that are safe to live in. Carbon pollution limits are about defending families who have borne the heaviest burden of the main pollutant that is driving climate change. "
Donna Brazile
Air
Limits
Change
" 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
" 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
" 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
" I denounce Donald Trump for not denouncing the kind of vitriol, the kind of violence that he has perpetrated with his angry rhetoric, and he knows exactly what he is doing. "
Donna Brazile
Doing
Rhetoric
Violence
" Why not add benefits for making healthy food choices, provide a transition bonus for getting off food stamps, or increase job training opportunities and income - raising minimum wage? "
Donna Brazile
Healthy
Choices
Job
" 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
" 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
" I'm obsessed with the thought of making things happen... Ultimately, I do it because I'm scared. I don't ever, ever, ever want to be poor again. "
Donna Brazile
Thought
Want
Poor
" The Voter Expansion Project's mission is clear: Ensure that every eligible citizen can register, every registered voter can vote, and every vote is accurately counted. "
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Project
Voter
Citizen
" Hunger has no ideology. It does not respond to party or to rant. Hunger, in short, is not a red state/blue state problem. "
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Red
Short
Hunger
" 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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Cards
Credit
Say
" On every show that I have been on, I have played myself. "
Donna Brazile
Myself
Every
Been
" 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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Know
People
Problems