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Stacey Abrams Quotes

born 1973 United States

Stacey Yvonne Abrams (/ˈeɪbrəmz/; born December 9, 1973) is a politician, lawyer, voting rights activist, and author who served in the Georgia House of Representatives from 2007 to 2017, serving as minority leader from 2011 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, Abrams founded Fair Fight Action, an organization to address voter suppression, in 2018.

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Random Stacey Abrams quote

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The minute the elections are over, the people who won—who did not share our values—are going to be working hard. We have to be working even harder.

There is nothing inherent in being a minority that says you can’t have everything you want.

Interviews with Democracy Now (2018)

No matter what your otherness is, it is not an impediment, it is not a detraction, it is a source of power.

Interviews with Democracy Now (2018)

Part of our leadership is understanding that you can’t change what other people think of you, but you can change how you react to their thinking and how you respond to it.

Interviews with Democracy Now (2018)

We must remember that we’re in the state where the red clay gives life to generations of dreamers; a state where Martin marched on ballot boxes and challenged a nation’s conscience; a Georgia that gave us the Godfather of Soul, the queen of the Met, and sent a peanut farmer to the Oval Office. That is our Georgia.

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Stacey Abrams (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.