James Carville Quotes

The idea that democracies could be vulnerable to demagogues is not a new notion.

The best defense against democracy is to distract people.

Charles Miller cannot bring down my government.

I think, first of all, you know, Washington has a bad habit of a very short attention span.

Ukraine is facing a serious threat of isolation as some local political forces want to put an end to democracy and democratic reforms in the country

It was hard to have a conversation with anyone. There were too many people talking..

I would never seek foreign conflicts just to distract attention from domestic difficulties; that would be frivolous.

I don't vote and I don't follow who's trying to rule us. The revolution is coming. Until then, I'll just watch 'Game of Thrones.'

There is nothing going on and in the meantime we do know that our democracy is under assault by the KGB. To me, that's something we ought to be talking about. That's a relevant issue in this campaign [2016].

Donald Trump's talking down our democracy. And I, for one, am appalled that somebody who is the nominee of one of our two major parties would take that kind of position.

American democracy has been hacked.

Constitutional democracy has created astonishing and apparently irreversible social progress. All we're interested in is talking about when government doesn't work.

American democracy is in grave danger from the changes in the environment in which ideas either live and spread or wither and die.

When you have a 12-minute debate over whether lipstick on a pig refers to a demeaning comment about the vice presidential candidate, you know we're not talking about health reform, we're not talking about energy policy, we're not talking about balancing the budget. And you know, it's fairly stupid.

I know Donald's [Trump] trying very hard to plant doubts about it, but I hope the people out there understand: This election's really up to you. It's not about us so much as it is about you and your families and the kind of country and future you want. So I sure hope you will get out and vote as though your future depended on it, because I think it does.

In a democracy, everyone has the right to criticise the Government. Normally, the opposition gets more media space and even the people find it interesting to listen to voices against the government of the day. Ever since I took office, my friends in the opposition have been levelling baseless allegations about my foreign trips. Had these trips been a failure, then they would have based their comments on specific issues. When opponents keep harping on one point, it is a sure sign of success!

I want to elect the next president.

Socialism is the completion of democracy, not the negation of it.

Self-government by the whole people is the teleologic idea. The republican form of government is the noblest and the best, as it is the latest.

The talkative listen to no one, for they are ever speaking. And the first evil that attends those who know not to be silent is that they hear nothing.

The promise to leave the European Union, end the supremacy of EU law and take back control of our democracy. With my leadership, it will be delivered.

China's Premier Zhao Ziyang, for all of his billion constituents, seemed in the evening's lovely flow like a favorite uncle, smiling a little too much, wanting to be a bit American, talking about peace and pork chops.

Any sort of plain speaking is better than the nauseous sham good fellowship our democratic public men get up for shop use.

I love Texans. And Texas is clearly the crown jewel of Super Tuesday.

Despite the dubious statistics … democracy is a thing of value for which we should be fighting.