James Carville Quotes

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.

You can call the dogs in, wet the fire, and leave the house. The hunt's over.

Look, if George W. Bush and his Republican cronies walked on water, I'd be the guy out there yelling that they couldn't swim. But don't take it from me: we've now heard it from the military commanders and our intelligence community: George Bush's actions in Iraq have not made us safer. They've done the opposite.

Why does a dog lick his dick? Because he can. Why does Congress spend money like that? Because it can.

Republicans want smaller government for the same reason crooks want fewer cops: it's easier to get away with murder.

Mr. Richardson’s endorsement came right around the anniversary of the day when Judas sold out for 30 pieces of silver, so I think the timing is appropriate, if ironic.

Yeah, I graduated with a 4.0... blood alcohol level.

John McCain, if you liked the last eight, you are going to love the next four.

Sign on the wall in the 1992 Clinton campaign headquarters : The economy, stupid.

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.

Let me buy a [security] pass … so that they can scan me and and search me and measure my penis, then let me get on the plane.

I didn’t just experiment with marijuana — if you know what I mean.

Washington is a dirty diaper. It's time for a change.

Whenever I hear a campaign talk about a need to energize the base, that's a campaign that's going down the toilet. It's a pretty good indication that they're not eating up any territory, they can't get anybody in the center to support them, they're getting shelled back into their own bunker.

Between Paoli and Penn Hills, Pennsylvania is Alabama without the blacks. They didn't film The Deer Hunter there for nothing -- the state has the second-highest concentration of NRA members, behind Texas.