James Carville Quotes


"I think Ralph Nader is the biggest liar in American politics when he said it didn't matter who was president."
- James Carville
(Related: Politics, American, President)

"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."
- James Carville
(Related: Church, Abortion, Day)

"Drag a $100 bill through a trailer camp and there's no telling what you will find."
- James Carville
(Related: Will)

"I think that America will not trust a party to defend America that isn't willing to defend itself."
- James Carville
(Related: Trust, America, Party, Will)

"We should not run away from religious teachings. We should run to them."
- James Carville
(Related: Religious)

"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."
- James Carville
(Related: Favorite, Nothing)

"You have to have sharp elbows if you want to change something."
- James Carville
(Related: Change, Want)

"When your opponent is drowning, throw the son of a bitch an anvil."
- James Carville
(Related: Son)

"When you become famous, being famous becomes your profession."
- James Carville
(Related: Being, Famous, Profession)

"The teachings of the Church line up more with the Democratic Party than the Republican Party."
- James Carville
(Related: Church, Party, Republican)

"The only thing I'm running for is the state line."
- James Carville
(Related: Running, State)

"Sometimes the right thing gets done for the wrong reason and sometimes, unfortunately, the wrong thing gets done for the right reason."
- James Carville
(Related: Reason, Right, Wrong)

"No one will ever accuse James Carville of taking himself seriously."
- James Carville
(Related: Will)

"If you want to be angry at Gore, be angry at him for not fighting harder in Florida."
- James Carville
(Related: Fighting, Want)

"If you didn't have some sense of idealism, then what is there to sustain you?"
- James Carville
(Related: Idealism, Sense)

"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."
- James Carville
(Related: Fighting, Party)

"I was against gay marriage until I realized I didn't have to get one."
- James Carville
(Related: Marriage, Gay)

"Ideologies aren't all that important. What's important is psychology."
- James Carville
(Related: Psychology)