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Truth is relative. Truth is what you can make the voter believe is the truth. If you're smart enough, truth is what you make the voter think it is. That's why I'm a Democrat. I can make the Democratic voters think whatever I want them to.

James Carville

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James Carville
Age: 80
Born: 1944
Born: October 25
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There's a simple doctrine. Outside of a person's love the most sacred thing they can give is their labor. Labor is a very precious thing you have and any time you can combined labor and love you've really made a match.
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When the facts change, you change your mind. I know that is a hard concept for people to get sometimes.
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The country feels like it's entitled to abuse this state and forget about us, and we are sick of it.
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Republicans want smaller government for the same reason crooks want fewer cops it's easier to get away with murder.
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I didn’t just experiment with marijuana – if you know what I mean.
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This is not class warfare, this is generational warfare. This administration and old wealthy people have declared war on young people. That is the real war that is going on here. And that is the war we've got to talk about.
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[Hollywood] hates America.
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Don't get mad. Don't get even. Just get elected, then get even.
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I was against gay marriage until I realized I didn't have to get one.
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If Hillary gave up one of her balls and gave it to Obama, he'd have two.
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[ James Comey] was acting in concert and coordination with the House Republicans. End of story. He gave a letter to them. They gave it to FOX News. Also, we have this extraordinary case of the KGB being involved in this race and selectively leaking things from the [Hillary] Clinton campaign that they hacked.
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The only thing I'm running for is the state line.
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I used to think that if there was reincarnation, I wanted to come back as the President or the Pope or as a 400 basball hitter. But now I would like to come back as the bond market. You can intimidate everybody.
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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.
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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.
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Sometimes a mind is like a mouth: you just got to shut it.
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If you want to be angry at Gore, be angry at him for not fighting harder in Florida.
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