193 Quotes by James Carville

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    We say there are people who have worked in campaigns who say that they have lost some - and we call those folks operatives, managers, strategists, consultants; and then there are people who work in campaigns and say that they have never lost, and we call them liars.

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    I made the argument that every growing demographic in this country - nonwhite voters, younger people - is trending Democratic. It's a ticking time bomb for the GOP. That's why I felt safe in saying that 'Republicans have no hope of making serious inroads into Democratic advantages in 2010 or likely 2012 or 2014 and so on.'

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    The 1980 Republican presidential contest might have been as good a roster of candidates as ever fielded by any party.

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    When you dehumanize a group, there's lasting consequences because they know that they're being dehumanized.

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    To be a contrarian, you've got to be a contrarian against your own people.

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    Most of the stuff I've ever said is pretty insignificant and, by and large, has been said off the cuff and without much thought to the potential consequences.

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