Donna Brazile quotes

I was motivated to be different in part because I was different. (Donna Brazile)

Civic education and civic responsibility should be taught in elementary school.

Donna Brazile

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.

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Every member of my family was displaced by Katrina.

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Because of my faith and my imagination, I was able to enjoy my childhood, even though it was tough.

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If you're not out front defining your vision, your opponent will spend gobs of money to define it for you.

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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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The 2000 election exposed some ugly history in our country.

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My mama told me it's not what they call you - it's what you answer to.

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I have a simple rule: when I'm on TV, I'm not talking to just my anchor or my colleague on my right. I'm talking to America. I look into the lens, and in my head, I'm talking to somebody in Nebraska. Why Nebraska? Why the Cornhusker State? I have no idea. But it feels like it's a good place to talk to people.

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"Gary, how did they do this without me knowing?” I asked. "I don't know how Debbie relates to the officers,” Gary said. He described the party as fully under the control of Hillary's campaign, which seemed to confirm the suspicions of the Bernie camp. The campaign had the DNC on life support, giving it money every month to meet its basic expenses, while the campaign was using the party as a fund-raising clearinghouse. Under FEC law, an individual can contribute a maximum of $2,700 directly to a presidential campaign. But the limits are much higher for contributions to state parties and a party's national committee. (Donna Brazile)

Failure. It doesn't exist. 'Failure' is just what happens when we lose perspective.

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Look, Congress has allocated more money to finance the upcoming Iraqi elections than it has for the American elections. There's something wrong with that.

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A campaign is about defining who you are - your vision and your opponent's vision.

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We're like a Third World country when it comes to some of our election practices.

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Republicans bring out Colin Powell and J.C. Watts because they have no program, no policy. The play that game because they have no other game. They have no love and no joy. They'd rather take pictures with black children than feed them.

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There are people who just don't believe in the existence of a god. I don't know why because clearly, there is strong evidence that there's a god. But I believe that you serve all the people, not just those who profess to have faith but those with little or no faith. That's how you convert them.

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