Chester James Carville Jr. Quotes

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

  Chester James Carville Jr.

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• 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.

  Chester James Carville Jr.

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

  Chester James Carville Jr.

• When you become famous, being famous becomes your profession.

  Chester James Carville Jr.

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

  Chester James Carville Jr.

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

  Chester James Carville Jr.

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

  Chester James Carville Jr.

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

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

  Chester James Carville Jr.

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

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

  Chester James Carville Jr.

• Ideologies aren’t all that important. What’s important is psychology.

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

  Chester James Carville Jr.

• 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.

  Chester James Carville Jr.

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

  Chester James Carville Jr.

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

  Chester James Carville Jr.

• 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.

  Chester James Carville Jr.

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

  Chester James Carville Jr.

• But I’d rather not predict. I’d rather affect.

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Chester James Carville Jr. (19)

Birth:	25th October, 1944
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Political Consultant, Professor, Radio Personality

About

Chester James Carville, Jr. was born in Carville, Louisiana. He is an American political Consultant, professor and radio personality. He is a prominent figure in the Democratic Party. He gained national attention for his work as the lead strategist of the successful presidential campaign of then-Arkansas governor Bill Clinton. Carville was a co-host of CNN's Crossfire until its final broadcast in June 2005. He received his undergraduate and Juris Doctor degrees from Louisiana State University. In 2009, he began teaching political science at Tulane University.

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