Molly Ivins Quotes About Satire

Quotes about: Satire

• Satire is traditionally the weapon of the powerless against the powerful. I only aim at the powerful. When satire is aimed at the powerless, it is not only cruel -- it's vulgar.

  Molly Ivins

  Powerful, Weapons, Satire

  "The Mouth of Texas". People Weekly, December 9, 1991.

• Satire is traditionally the weapon of the powerless against the powerful.

  Molly Ivins

  Powerful, Weapons, Satire

  The Mouth of Texas", People Weekly, December 9, 1991.

• There are two kinds of humor. One kind that makes us chuckle about our foibles and our shared humanity -- like what Garrison Keillor does. The other kind holds people up to public contempt and ridicule -- that's what I do. Satire is traditionally the weapon of the powerless against the powerful. I only aim at the powerful. When satire is aimed at the powerless, it is not only cruel -- it's vulgar.

  Molly Ivins

  Powerful, Two, People

  "The Mouth of Texas", People Weekly, December 9, 1991.

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