JAMES CARVILLE

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.

If you didn't have some sense of idealism, then what is there to sustain you?

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.

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.

I think Ralph Nader is the biggest liar in American politics when he said it didn't matter who was president.

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

But I'd rather not predict. I'd rather affect.

No one will ever accuse James Carville of taking himself seriously.

The only thing I'm running for is the state line.

Ideologies aren't all that important. What's important is psychology.

When you become famous, being famous becomes your profession.

The teachings of the Church line up more with the Democratic Party than the Republican Party.

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

You have to have sharp elbows if you want to change something.

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

Sometimes the right thing gets done for the wrong reason and sometimes, unfortunately, the wrong thing gets done for the right reason.

We should not run away from religious teachings. We should run to them.

If you want to be angry at Gore, be angry at him for not fighting harder in Florida.

There's nothing wrong with changing your position to fit the facts; there's everything wrong with changing the facts to fit your position.

I don’t think that gay people threaten my marriage and I don’t think that the nation is in danger from gays.

Elections are about fucking your enemies. Winning is about fucking your friends.

I am not a Republican. I do not believe in criminalizing the activities of the people I disagree with.

I warn against the tyranny of the majority of the people with good table manners.

I’m not in the forgive and forget battalion.

Politicians dare to fail publicly.