Molly Ivins Quotes - Page 3

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• Either we figure out how to keep corporate cash out of the political system or we lose the democracy.

  Molly Ivins

  Political, Democracy, Cash

  "Molly Ivins, In Memoriam" by Matthew Rothschild, progressive.org. February 1, 2007.

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• There is no inverse relationship between freedom and security. Less of one does not lead to more of the other. People with no rights are not safe from terrorist attack.

  Molly Ivins

  Rights, People, Doe

  Molly Ivins (2004). “Who Let the Dogs In?: Incredible Political Animals I Have Known”, p.246, Random House

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• I think most of us become nicer as we get older, less judgmental, less full of certitude; life tends to knock a few corners of us as we go through. Cancer, divorce, teenagers, and other plagues make us give up on expecting ourselves - or life - to be perfect, which is a real relief.

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  Giving Up, Real, Cancer

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• The trouble with blaming powerless people is that although it's not nearly as scary as blaming the powerful, it does miss the point. Poor people do not shut down factories... Poor people didn't decide to use 'contract employees' because they cost less and don't get any benefits.

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  Powerful, People, Scary

  Molly Ivins (2010). “You Got to Dance with Them What Brung You”, p.72, Vintage

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• The United States of America is still run by its citizens. The government works for us. Rank imperialism and warmongering are not American traditions or values. We do not need to dominate the world. We want and need to work with other nations. We want to find solutions other than killing people. Not in our name, not with our money, not with our children's blood.

  Molly Ivins

  Running, Peace, Children

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• Next time I tell you someone from Texas should not be president of the United States, please pay attention.

  Molly Ivins

  Texas, President, United States

  "David Giffey: If Molly Ivins could comment on the election". Interview With David Giffey, host.madison.com. February 25, 2016.

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• Calling George Bush shallow is like calling a dwarf short.

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  Dwarves, Understanding, Calling

  Molly Ivins (2010). “Molly Ivins Can't Say That, Can She?”, p.149, Vintage

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• I believe that ignorance is the root of all evil. And that no one knows the truth.

  Molly Ivins

  Truth, Believe, Ignorance

  Molly Ivins (1992). “Molly Ivins Can't Say That, Can She?”, Vintage

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• 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.

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  Powerful, Two, People

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

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• Economist Frederick Thayer has studied the history of our balanced-budget crusades and has come up with some depressing statistics. We have had six major depressions in our history (1819, 1837, 1857, 1873, 1893 and 1929); all six of them followed sustained periods of reducing the national debt. We have had almost chronic deficits since the 1930s, and there has been no depression since then - the longest crash-free period in our history.

  Molly Ivins

  Depressing, Debt, Statistics

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• Populism is the simple premise that markets need to be restrained by society and by a democratic political system. We are not socialists or communists, we are proponents of regulated capitalism and, I might add, people who have read American history.

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  Simple, People, Political

  "I Told You So". archive.is. May 30, 2002.

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• The thing is this: You got to have fun while you're fightin' for freedom, 'cause you don't always win.

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  Fun, Winning, Having Fun

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• We've got the emPHAsis on the wrong sylLAble when it comes to crime in this country. The FBI says burglary and robbery cost U.S. taxpayers $3.8 billion annually. Securities fraud alone costs four times that. And securities fraud is nothing to the cost of oil spills, price-fixing, and dangerous or defective products. Fraud by health-care corporations alone costs us between $100 billion and $400 billion a year. No three-strikes-and-you're-out for these guys. Remember the S&L scandal? $500 billion.

  Molly Ivins

  Country, Years, Oil

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• Some days, I'd feel better with Punxsutawney Phil in the Oval Office - at least he doesn't lie about the weather.

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  Lying, Feel Better, Weather

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• We are the people who run this country. We are the deciders. And every single day, every single one of us needs to step outside and take some action to help stop this war. Raise hell. Think of something to make the ridiculous look ridiculous. Make our troops know we're for them and trying to get them out of there. Hit the streets to protest Bush's proposed surge. If you can, go to the peace march in Washington on Jan. 27. We need people in the streets, banging pots and pans and demanding, 'Stop it, now!'

  Molly Ivins

  Running, Country, War

  "Ivins: Stand up against the surge" by Molly Ivins, www.cnn.com. January 11, 2007.

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• Sometimes I think Texas exists as a reality check for those who might wander too far toward the precious.

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  Reality, Thinking, Texas

  Molly Ivins (2010). “Molly Ivins Can't Say That, Can She?”, p.148, Vintage

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• The Founders were right all along, but the results are a lot funnier than they intended.

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  Results, Founders

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• Freedom fighters don't always win, but they're always right.

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  Winning, Independence, Action

  "Mother to the MMOB / Bolinas woman mobilizes moms to change country" by Tricia Cambron, www.sfgate.com. July 9, 2004.

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• Although a life-long fashion dropout, I have absorbed enough by reading Harper's Bazaar while waiting at the dentist's to have grasped that the purpose of fashion is to make A Statement. My own modest Statement, discerned by true cognoscenti, is, "Woman Who Wears Clothes So She Won't Be Naked.

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  Fashion, Reading, Clothes

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• 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.

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  Waiting, Use, Lines

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• When Michael Jackson, a poor black boy who grew up to be a rich, white woman, married Elvis Presley's daughter the Scientologist. Makes you proud to be an American, dudn't it?

  Molly Ivins

  Daughter, Boys, White

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• You can't ignore politics, no matter how much you'd like to.

  Molly Ivins

  Matter

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• As they say around the Texas Legislature, if you can't drink their whiskey, screw their women, take their money, and vote against 'em anyway, you don't belong in office.

  Molly Ivins

  Texas, Office, Political

  Molly Ivins (1992). “Molly Ivins Can't Say That, Can She?”, Vintage

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• Politics is not a picture on a wall or a television sitcom that you can decide you don't much care for.

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  Wall, Television, Care

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• Conservatives have been mad at the Supreme Court since it decided to desegregate the schools in 1954 and seen fit to blame the federal bench for everything that has happened since then that they don't like.

  Molly Ivins

  School, Mad, Benches

  "Ivins: The new 'activist' judges" by Molly Ivins, www.cnn.com. August 24, 2006.

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