James Carville quotes

No one will ever accuse James Carville of taking himself seriously. (James Carville)
Republicans want smaller government for the same reason crooks want fewer cops; it's easier to get away with murder. View quote
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Washington is a dirty diaper. It's time for a change. View quote
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When you become famous, being famous becomes your profession. View quote
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[Hollywood] hates America. View quote
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Sometimes the right thing gets done for the wrong reason and sometimes, unfortunately, the wrong thing gets done for the right reason. View quote
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Stay focused. Talk about things that'll matter to the people, you know? It's the economy, stupid. View quote
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I didn't just experiment with marijuana - if you know what I mean. View quote
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Ideologies aren't all that important. What's important is psychology. View quote
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I think Ralph Nader is the biggest liar in American politics when he said it didn't matter who was president. View quote
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When the facts change, you change your mind. I know that is a hard concept for people to get sometimes. (James Carville)
You know, back in 2000 a Republican friend of mine warned me that if I voted for Al Gore and he won, the stock market would tank, we'd lose millions of jobs, and our military would be totally overstretched. You know what: I did vote for Al Gore, he did win, and I'll be damned if all those things didn't come true. View quote
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What I'm suggesting is, stand for yourself, be for something, and the hell with it. Because the hand-wringers and the editorialists and the sigh-and-pontificate crowd will be against you, whatever you do. View quote
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I think the American people ought to take their democracy back. View quote
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But I'd rather not predict. I'd rather affect. View quote
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You can call the dogs in, wet the fire, and leave the house. The hunt's over. View quote
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Let me buy a [security] pass ... so that they can scan me and and search me and measure my penis, then let me get on the plane. View quote
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If you didn't have some sense of idealism, then what is there to sustain you? View quote
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Every day Catholics prove that you can be a good Catholic and a good Democrat and have a different position from the Church on abortion. View quote
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We should not run away from religious teachings. We should run to them. View quote
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You have to have sharp elbows if you want to change something. (James Carville)
I think the Democratic Party has the chronic problem of appearing to be weak, of not standing and fighting for what it believes in, not fighting for its own. View quote
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I think that America will not trust a party to defend America that isn't willing to defend itself. View quote
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This is not class warfare, this is generational warfare. This administration and old wealthy people have declared war on young people. That is the real war that is going on here. And that is the war we've got to talk about. View quote
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Hurricane [Katrina] hit the Gulf Coast and destroyed much of the Gulf Coast - that was an act of God ... Now what happened to New Orleans, that was a complete failure of the federal government. Complete negligence by the feds. View quote
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