Donna Brazile Al Quotations

I do not know for sure if he's looking or flirting. But, I have an opinion - Gore remains a headliner and can raise money and rally the base. (But) it's hard for Gore to rule out running again before looking at the landscape.

People don't trust government, they don't trust Wall Street, they don't trust the church, they don't trust the media.

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.

And I do encourage everybody who wishes to run, to run, and of course in the end if Al Gore chooses to run, he will have a tremendous opportunity to build a coalition and win in 2004.

We can talk to the entire country, and not just the Beltway chatters,

Watching 'Scandal' is a fun and exciting guilty pleasure, which is how I imagine most real scandals start out.

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.

The most important thing to understand about this White House is, they are totally focused on the 2006 elections.

There's a front runner in terms of name recognition. There's no front runner in terms of the passion we know we need, the leadership and the vision. Al Gore, if he decides to run, has to come out with a platform and a vision and stick to it regardless of what anybody says.

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.

I am a good fan of Al Gore, but I am also equally supportive of other candidates out there,

Shirley Chisholm is another one [political hero]. She was a dynamic speaker, and the first black woman to run for President.

Barbara Jordan is one [of the political heroes]. Her 1976 speech in New York inspired me to get into politics.

I you don't value your time, no one else will.

I know Reverend Jesse Jackson is controversial, and not a popular figure with many, but he hired me in 1984. He gave me my first job in politics.

Be the buffalo. Wilma Mankiller, the first female principal chief of the Cherokee nation, once told me how the cow runs away from the storm while the buffalo charges directly toward it—and gets through it quicker. Whenever I'm confronted with a tough challenge, I do not prolong the torment. I become the buffalo.

I was motivated to be different in part because I was different.