James Carville Quotes

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• The voter is basically dumb and lazy. The reason I became a Democratic operative instead of a Republican was because there were more Democrats that didn’t have a clue than there were Republicans.

  James Carville

  Dumb, Lazy, Voters

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• 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.

  James Carville

  Truth, Smart, Believe

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• Republicans want smaller government for the same reason crooks want fewer cops; it's easier to get away with murder.

  James Carville

  Government, Political, Police

  James Carville (2003). “Had Enough?: A Handbook for Fighting Back”, p.21, Simon and Schuster

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• Drag a $100 bill through a trailer camp and there's no telling what you will find.

  James Carville

  Bills, Drag, Camps

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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.

  James Carville

  Baseball, Thinking, Political

  "Ideas & Trends: The Bondholders Are Winning; Why America Won't Boom" by Louis Uchitelle, www.nytimes.com. June 12, 1994.

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• Don't get mad. Don't get even. Just get elected, then get even.

  James Carville

  Mad, Advice

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• If Hillary gave up one of her balls and gave it to Obama, he'd have two.

  James Carville

  Two, Balls, Gave Up

  "James Carville stands by Obama comment" by Patrick Gavin, www.politico.com. November 19, 2010.

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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.

  James Carville

  Real, Differences, People

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• Pennsylvania is Philadelphia and Pittsburgh with Alabama in between.

  James Carville

  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Alabama

  "Does Joe Sestak Have A Chance?" by Stephen Robert Morse, www.motherjones.com. August 4, 2009.

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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.

  James Carville

  War, Winning, Iraq

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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

  People, Mind, Facts

  Source: www.realclearpolitics.com

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• 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.

  James Carville

  Jobs, Military, Winning

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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.

  James Carville

  Love You, Simple, Giving

  "Diane Sawyer Reminisces About '92 'Super Bowl' Dem Documentary". "Good Morning America" with Diane Sawyer, newsbusters.org. October 7, 2008.

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• Washington is a dirty diaper. It's time for a change.

  James Carville

  Dirty, Diapers, Time For A Change

  "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno", September 6, 2006.

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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.

  James Carville

  Hands, Crowds, Hell

  Interview with Joan Walsh, www.salon.com. March 12, 2002.

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• I was against gay marriage until I realized I didn't have to get one.

  James Carville

  Gay, I Realized, Gay Marriage

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• When you become famous, being famous becomes your profession.

  James Carville

  Fame, Profession, Being Famous

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• I think that America will not trust a party to defend America that isn't willing to defend itself.

  James Carville

  Party, Thinking, America

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• American democracy is really under attack here [Clinton campaign that was hacked]. And the question is how are we and in particular and how are Democrats going to respond to this. We have to understand this is really, really quite extraordinary. And it would seem to me that the FBI shouldn't be getting rolled by the House Republicans and that's what happened here.

  James Carville

  House, Democracy, Campaigns

  Source: www.realclearpolitics.com

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• I didn’t just experiment with marijuana – if you know what I mean.

  James Carville

  Mean, Marijuana, Experiments

  James Carville's speech to the students of Louisiana State University (LSU) at the Manship School of Communications' Holliday Forum, January 27, 2006.

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• Sometimes a mind is like a mouth: you just got to shut it.

  James Carville

  Mind, Mindfulness, Mouths

  James Carville (2003). “Had Enough?: A Handbook for Fighting Back”, p.16, Simon and Schuster

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• If you say three things, you don't say anything.

  James Carville

  Say Anything, Three, Three Things

  Mary Matalin, James Carville, Peter Knobler (1995). “All's Fair: "Love, War and Running for President"”, p.175, Simon and Schuster

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• [Hollywood] hates America.

  James Carville

  Hate, America, Hollywood

  "The Colbert Report", September 20, 2006.

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• Never underestimate people.

  James Carville

  People, Underestimate, Never Underestimate

  Interview for the film "Clinton", www.pbs.org.

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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.

  James Carville

  Done, Sometimes, Reason

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