Quotes by Molly Ivins

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I believe that ignorance is the root of all evil.And that no one knows the truth. — Molly Ivins
Next time I tell you someone from Texas should not be president of the United States, please pay atten — Molly Ivins
As they say around the Texas Legislature, if you can't drink their whiskey, screw their women, take their money, and vot — 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
I believe all Southern liberals come from the same starting point--race. Once you figure out they are lying to you about — Molly Ivins
It's all very well to run around saying regulation is bad, get the government off our backs, etc. Of course our lives ar — Molly Ivins
I am not anti-gun. I'm pro-knife. Consider the merits of the knife. In the first place, you have to catch up with someon — Molly Ivins
I believe in practicing prudence at least once every two or three years. — Molly Ivins
The only reason to have a positive mental attitude is that it makes life better. It doesn't cure cancer. — Molly Ivins
In order to understand why George W. Bush doesn't get it, you have to take several strands of common Texas attitude, the — Molly Ivins
'Get along, go along' is not an inspirational philosophy, and only God knows how much moral cowardice it has covered up — Molly Ivins
One seldom expects the country's president to adequately note the passing of a rocker, but Jimmy Carter's assessment of — Molly Ivins
From orphanages to space colonies, it was all shallow but endearingly enthusiastic futurism. Gingrich was the kind of pe — Molly Ivins
It is possible to read the history of this country as one long struggle to extend the liberties established in our Const — Molly Ivins
When I was first diagnosed, I went out, as a book person, and got some books on cancer and looked up my version of the d — Molly Ivins
Many a time freedom has been rolled back - and always for the same sorry reason: fear. — Molly Ivins
I've always found it easier to be funny than to be serious. — Molly Ivins
The stakes they play for in politics are paper and money. The chips they play with are your life. — Molly Ivins
I never saw anything funnier than Texas politics. — Molly Ivins
Guns do kill. Unlike cars, that is all they do. — Molly Ivins