It is possible to read the history of this country as one long struggle to extend the liberties established in our Constitution… — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
There are times a country is so tired of bull that only the truth can provide relief. — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
The Kurds will not be allowed to have an independent country because Turkey wouldn't stand for it; they have their own Kurdish… — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
Those who think of freedom in this country as one long, broad path leading ever onward and upward are dead damned wrong. — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
We've had trickle down economics in the country for ten years now, and most of us aren't even damp yet. — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
Havin' fun while freedom fightin' must be one of those lunatic Texas traits we get from the water - which is known… — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
The recent death of Gene McCarthy reminded me of a lesson I spent a long, long time unlearning, so now I have… — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
One seldom expects the country's president to adequately note the passing of a rocker, but Jimmy Carter's assessment of Elvis Presley's appeal… — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
In truth, there is no rational argument for guns in this society. This is no longer a frontier nation in which people… — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
The reason I take Rush Limbaugh seriously is not because he's offensive or right-wing, but because he is one of the few… — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
I'm sorry that government involves filling out a lot of forms. ... I'm sorry myself that we're not still on the frontier,… — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
I think one can easily make a case for taking out Saddam Hussein. In fact, one could probably be made on humanitarian… — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
When politicians start talking about large groups of their fellow Americans as 'enemies,' it's time for a quiet stir of alertness. Polarizing… — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
We've got the emPHAsis on the wrong sylLAble when it comes to crime in this country. The FBI says burglary and robbery… — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
We are the people who run this country. We are the deciders. And every single day, every single one of us needs… — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
The idols of one's adolescence tend to endure - you never forget how you worshipped them. — Molly Ivins Copy Share
How the American right managed to convince itself that the programs to alleviate poverty are responsible for the consequences of poverty will someday be… — Molly Ivins Copy Share
To mistake Midland for the volk heartland is the West Texas equivalent of assuming that Greenwich, Connecticut, is Levittown. — Molly Ivins Copy Share
Even for southerners, Arkansans are amazingly friendly and extend hospitality to all strangers with astonishing openness. You couldn't find a pretension in that state… — Molly Ivins Copy Share
the pyramids were built for pharaohs on the happy theory that they could take their stuff with them. Versailles was built for kings on… — Molly Ivins Copy Share
Any nation that can survive what we have lately in the way of government, is on the high road to permanent glory. — Molly Ivins Copy Share
I think provincialism is an endemic characteristic with mankind, I think everybody everywhere is provincial, but it is particularly striking with Texans, and we… — Molly Ivins Copy Share
During a recent panel on the numerous failures of American journalism, I proposed that almost all stories about government should begin: “Look out! They're… — Molly Ivins Copy Share
Naturally, when it comes to voting, we in Texas are accustomed to discerning that fine hair’s-breadth worth of difference that makes one hopeless dipstick… — Molly Ivins Copy Share
Be outrageous, ridicule the fraidy-cats, rejoice in all the oddities that freedom can produce. — Molly Ivins Copy Share
Texas is not a civilized place. Texans shoot one another a lot. They also knife, razor, and stomp one another to death with some… — Molly Ivins Copy Share
