Paul Begala

“So one important lesson of Vietnam is, the first casualty of an unwise and unjust war are the American troops called on to fight it. Their service should be honored.”

“Again, President Reagan was sort of an amiable presence out at the ranch by the last 6 months of his presidency. He had no effect on national policy at all.”

“Again and again, I've seen Bush turn a blind eye as his henchmen have leveled zealous attacks against his political enemies - assaults which the president himself has sometimes directly enco...”

“My view was that the campaign had been a sacred thing, that it had been a real compact, because I was there and I saw the connection that Clinton made with people, and the connection that th...”

“If George W. Bush is given a second term, and retains a Republican Congress and a compliant federal judiciary, he and his allies are likely to embark on a campaign of political retribution t...”

“If it was about lying under oath - we actually know that Clinton certainly was deceptive, as most people would be about their sex lives - but, in fact, he did not lie.”

“Bush began helping Enron in the eighties.”

“It seems to me the American people never really forgave the Democrats for being right about Vietnam.”

“I'm a Catholic, but I used to love going to Vacation Bible School with my fundamentalist friends.”

“Never interrupt your opponent when he's destroying himself.”

“It must kill George Bush that John McCain is the most popular and Beloved Republican in America.”

“See, I think if it just became who's sleeping with whom, then there's no reason to prefer one party over the other, 'cause the truth is we're all sinners.”

“I was the guy that told Bill Clinton he was going to win. I had gotten the final polling numbers. He had a comfortable lead. He was not going to lose.”

“One of the problems we saw in the last presidential election in our party is that our nominee, while winning the election, which we ought never to forget, often lost sight of the difference...”

“It taught me that Clinton's instinct to make this about your life as a citizen, rather than his as a human being, was the right answer to these things.”

“I'm very sunny. You know, I'm always optimistic.”

“I think too many Democrats are too wimpy. But I think they're beginning to toughen up.”

“Politics is show business for ugly people.”

“I don't like being a voyeur, looking into other people's marriages.”