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James Carville
American
Lawyer
About the author
But I'd rather not predict. I'd rather affect.
James Carville,
American
Lawyer
I think Ralph Nader is the biggest liar in American politics when he said it didn't matter who was president.
James Carville,
American
Lawyer
#President
#American
#Politics
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,
American
Lawyer
#Day
#Abortion
#Church
Drag a $100 bill through a trailer camp and there's no telling what you will find.
James Carville,
American
Lawyer
#Will
I think that America will not trust a party to defend America that isn't willing to defend itself.
James Carville,
American
Lawyer
#Will
#Trust
#America
#Party
We should not run away from religious teachings. We should run to them.
James Carville,
American
Lawyer
#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,
American
Lawyer
#Nothing
#Favorite
You have to have sharp elbows if you want to change something.
James Carville,
American
Lawyer
#Want
#Change
When your opponent is drowning, throw the son of a bitch an anvil.
James Carville,
American
Lawyer
#Son
When you become famous, being famous becomes your profession.
James Carville,
American
Lawyer
#Being
#Famous
#Profession
The teachings of the Church line up more with the Democratic Party than the Republican Party.
James Carville,
American
Lawyer
#Republican
#Church
#Party
The only thing I'm running for is the state line.
James Carville,
American
Lawyer
#State
#Running
Sometimes the right thing gets done for the wrong reason and sometimes, unfortunately, the wrong thing gets done for the right reason.
James Carville,
American
Lawyer
#Right
#Reason
#Wrong
No one will ever accuse James Carville of taking himself seriously.
James Carville,
American
Lawyer
#Will
If you want to be angry at Gore, be angry at him for not fighting harder in Florida.
James Carville,
American
Lawyer
#Want
#Fighting
If you didn't have some sense of idealism, then what is there to sustain you?
James Carville,
American
Lawyer
#Sense
#Idealism
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,
American
Lawyer
#Fighting
#Party
I was against gay marriage until I realized I didn't have to get one.
James Carville,
American
Lawyer
#Marriage
#Gay
Ideologies aren't all that important. What's important is psychology.
James Carville,
American
Lawyer
#Psychology