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Reading Ehrenreich is good for the soul.
— Molly Ivins
Good thing we've still got politics in Texas - finest form of free entertainment ever invented.
— Molly Ivins
I dearly love the state of Texas, but I consider that a harmless perversion on my part, and discuss it only with consenting adults.
— Molly Ivins
Whenever you hear a politician carry on about what a mess the schools are, be aware that you are looking at the culprit.
— Molly Ivins
The Founders were right all along, but the results are a lot funnier than they intended.
— Molly Ivins
Having breast cancer is massive amounts of no fun,
— Molly Ivins
It's like, duh. Just when you thought there wasn't a dime's worth of difference between the two parties, the Republicans go and prove you're wrong.
— Molly Ivins
In Texas, we do not hold high expectations for the [governor's] office; it's mostly been occupied by crooks, dorks and the comatose.
— Molly Ivins
Behind a smoke screen of high-profile female appointees and soothing slogans, George W. Bush is waging war on women.
— Molly Ivins
I still believe in Hope - mostly because there's no such place as Fingers Crossed, Arkansas.
— Molly Ivins
I never saw anything funnier than Texas politics.
— Molly Ivins
In city rooms and in the bars where newspeople drink, you can find out what's going on. You can't find it in the papers.
— Molly Ivins
Some days, I'd feel better with Punxsutawney Phil in the Oval Office - at least he doesn't lie about the weather.
— Molly Ivins
Americans are not getting screwed by the Republican Party. They're getting screwed by the large corporations that bought and own the Republican Party.
— Molly Ivins
Mostly, Texas women are tough in some very fundamental ways. Not unfeminine, nor necessarily unladylike, just tough!
— Molly Ivins
California is now close to spending more on prisons than it does on higher education - surely the death warrant of a civilization.
— Molly Ivins
Pigs get fat and hogs get slaughtered.
— Molly Ivins
Of course, it has never paid much.
— Molly Ivins
Rank imperialism and warmongering are not American traditions or values. We do not need to dominate the world.
— Molly Ivins
I think of Texas as the laboratory for bad government.
— Molly Ivins
On the whole, I prefer not to be lectured on patriotism by those who keep offshore maildrops in order to avoid paying their taxes.
— Molly Ivins
I don't so much mind that newspapers are dying - it's watching them commit suicide that pisses me off.
— Molly Ivins
We've had trickle down economics in the country for ten years now, and most of us aren't even damp yet.
— Molly Ivins
Any nation that can survive what we have lately in the way of government, is on the high road to permanent glory.
— Molly Ivins
Even I felt sorry for Richard Nixon when he left; there's nothing you can do about being born liberal - fish gotta swim and hearts gotta bleed,
— Molly Ivins
The thing about democracy, beloveds, is that it is not neat, orderly, or quiet. It requires a certain relish for confusion.
— Molly Ivins
And the funny thing is, I've always been an optimist - it's practically a congenital disorder with me.
— Molly Ivins
Politics is not a picture on a wall or a television sitcom that you can decide you don't much care for.
— Molly Ivins
The advantage of being able to identify sin is that you can go out and do it, and enjoy it.
— Molly Ivins
What you need is sustained outrage ... there's far too much unthinking respect given to authority.
— Molly Ivins
The thing is this: You got to have fun while you're fightin' for freedom, 'cause you don't always win.
— Molly Ivins
Many a time freedom has been rolled back - and always for the same sorry reason: fear.
— Molly Ivins
I know vegetarians don't like to hear this, but God made an awful lot of land that's good for nothing but grazing.
— Molly Ivins
Sit up, join up, get on line, get in touch, find out who's raising hell and join them. No use waiting on a bunch of wussy politicians.
— Molly Ivins
I often plagiarize from myself. I like to think of this as ecological journalism: I recycle.
— Molly Ivins
Texas liberals are the camels of good news. We can cross entire deserts between oases.
— Molly Ivins
Sometimes I think Texas exists as a reality check for those who might wander too far toward the precious.
— Molly Ivins
Either we figure out how to keep corporate cash out of the political system or we lose the democracy.
— Molly Ivins