James Carville Quotes

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James Carville

Profession : Lawyer

Birth : October 25, 1944

After all of my years in politics, I've learned that sometimes things that are said are true, and other things that are said are less than true.

James Carville

I tell my students that the single most powerful thing that we have in this country - something that literally harbors no dissent and no questioning - is the all-powerful elite narrative.

James Carville

My populism doesn't extend to my choice of hotels.

James Carville

I would describe myself as having a healthy income, but I sure wouldn't describe the son of a postmaster and an encyclopedia saleswoman as upper class, by any stretch of the imagination. I would describe myself as decidedly middle class. I think I'm extremely fortunate.

James Carville

Right-wingers don't want public education to succeed.

James Carville

My blood's not red or blue - it's brown.

James Carville

Cajuns eat Italian on Sundays.

James Carville

The thing to remember about Obama is he doesn't care if you like him or I like him or somebody else does. He literally would rather do homework with his kids than be around other politicians. Does this make him unpopular at times? Yes. Does it make him ineffective? Most certainly not.

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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.

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Campaigns are about adjustments.

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Momentum has always counted for something, not everything, but it's always perceived as being something that matters in American politics.

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Politics has become the great spectator sport of the United States.

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When I was growing up, I always had the dream of being an analyst for a minor league baseball team or something like that.

James Carville

My dad was actually a college boxer at L.S.U. and a good one, too. He was the captain of the boxing team.

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When I was a kid and L.S.U. lost, you didn't read the papers until, like, Thursday.

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I point out the Democratic party won two world wars and beat the depression, cut out the poverty by two thirds, and was responsible for the same sustained prosperity that we've had in the United States. What the hell do we have to apologize for?

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This idea that somehow or another, every idea on its face, because it's an idea, has some validity is ludicrous.

James Carville

I've had enough of giving millionaires like Dick Cheney and myself tax breaks and giving America's kids a mountain of debt.

James Carville

I'm not sure the people who are voting for Trump want to be pulled together with the people who are voting for Clinton and vice versa.

James Carville

We don't know each other. Democrats don't know Republicans, Republicans don't know Democrats.

James Carville