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 Image
I do object to those who jump from political hackery to flackery and expect respect. — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
Bad policies, stupid policies, gutless policies have real consequences. — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
Either we figure out how to keep corporate cash out of the political system or we lose the democracy. — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
How the American right managed to convince itself that the programs to alleviate poverty are responsible for the consequences of poverty will… — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
What we call politics now and what most political writers write about is the empathy and the bonding and the word choice… — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
If Democrats in Washington haven't got enough sense to own the issue of political reform, I give up on them entirely. — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
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 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
Populism is the simple premise that markets need to be restrained by society and by a democratic political system. We are not… — 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
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