James Carville quotes - page 2

The only thing I'm running for is the state line. (James Carville)
Truth is relative. Truth is what you can make the voter believe is the truth. If you're smart enough, truth is what you make the voter think it is. That's why I'm a Democrat. I can make the Democratic voters think whatever I want them to. View quote
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Drag a $100 bill through a trailer camp and there's no telling what you will find. View quote
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I used to think that if there was reincarnation, I wanted to come back as the President or the Pope or as a 400 basball hitter. But now I would like to come back as the bond market. You can intimidate everybody. View quote
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What's the real difference between Republicans and Democrats? Let me tell ya the real difference ... Republicans will always take on people in the interest of power and good democrats will never fear to take on the power in the interests of people. View quote
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Winning an argument with your wife is like winning the war with Iraq. Once you win, you're in even more trouble. View quote
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There's a simple doctrine. Outside of a person's love the most sacred thing they can give is their labor. Labor is a very precious thing you have and any time you can combined labor and love you've really made a match. View quote
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I was against gay marriage until I realized I didn't have to get one. View quote
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If you say three things, you don't say anything. View quote
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Never underestimate people. View quote
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Sometimes a mind is like a mouth: you just got to shut it. (James Carville)
All the wrong people are against it, so it must be right. View quote
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John McCain, if you liked the last eight, you are going to love the next four. View quote
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When your opponent is drowning, throw the son of a bitch an anvil. View quote
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Elections are about fucking your enemies. Winning is about fucking your friends. View quote
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Mr. Richardson's endorsement came right around the anniversary of the day when Judas sold out for 30 pieces of silver, so I think the timing is appropriate, if ironic. View quote
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Look, if George W. Bush and his Republican cronies walked on water, I'd be the guy out there yelling that they couldn't swim. But don't take it from me: we've now heard it from the military commanders and our intelligence community: George Bush's actions in Iraq have not made us safer. They've done the opposite. View quote
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Between Paoli and Penn Hills, Pennsylvania is Alabama without the blacks. They didn't film The Deer Hunter there for nothing -- the state has the second-highest concentration of NRA members, behind Texas. View quote
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Who cares? Sometimes you need rebirth. (On the destruction of America) View quote
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As Mike Tyson says, everybody has a plan until they get hit in the mouth. The one thing we know about American presidential politics is you're going to get hit in the mouth. View quote
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The teachings of the Church line up more with the Democratic Party than the Republican Party. (James Carville)
If you want to be angry at Gore, be angry at him for not fighting harder in Florida. View quote
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You know there's nothing a Hill Democrat would rather do than criticize another Democrat. It is their favorite activity. Then they can read about how honorable they are in an Op-Ed piece, how bipartisan. View quote
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Like a lot of people, I pray for a sick relative or that kind of thing, but I don't pray to make my next flight connection at the airport. I find prayers before sports contests to be insensitive and kind of demeaning, at least when someone prays to beat the other team or something like that. View quote
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Democrats cluster in cities, and Republicans don't. View quote
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