Politics is a messy business, but campaigning prepares you for governing. It prepares you to get hit, stand strong, and, if necessary, hit back. James Carville More Quotes by James Carville More Quotes From 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. James Carville smarttruthbelieve Drag a $100 bill through a trailer camp and there's no telling what you will find. James Carville campsdragbills Republicans want smaller government for the same reason crooks want fewer cops; it's easier to get away with murder. James Carville policepoliticalgovernment 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 voterslazydumb 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 politicalbaseballthinking If Hillary gave up one of her balls and gave it to Obama, he'd have two. James Carville gave-upballstwo 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 differencesrealpeople When the facts change, you change your mind. I know that is a hard concept for people to get sometimes. James Carville mindfactspeople Don't get mad. Don't get even. Just get elected, then get even. James Carville madadvice Winning an argument with your wife is like winning the war with Iraq. Once you win, you're in even more trouble. James Carville iraqwinningwar 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 simplelove-yougiving Washington is a dirty diaper. It's time for a change. James Carville time-for-a-changediapersdirty Pennsylvania is Philadelphia and Pittsburgh with Alabama in between. James Carville pennsylvaniaalabamaphiladelphia 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 militarywinningjobs 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 campaignsdemocracyhouse 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 crowdshellhands Never underestimate people. James Carville never-underestimateunderestimatepeople If you say three things, you don't say anything. James Carville three-thingsthreesay-anything 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. James Carville hurricanesnew-orleansgovernment The teachings of the Church line up more with the Democratic Party than the Republican Party. James Carville partychurchteaching
