Molly Ivins

Democracy requires a certain relish for confusion

— Molly Ivins

The advantage of being able to identify sin is that you can go out and do it, and enjoy it.

— Molly Ivins

Good thing we've still got politics in Texas - finest form of free entertainment ever invented.

— Molly Ivins

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

— Molly Ivins

There are times a country is so tired of bull that only the truth can provide relief.

— Molly Ivins

I spent my girlhood as a Clydesdale among thoroughbreds.

— Molly Ivins

I spend most of my life feeling like I've been shot out of a cannon.

— Molly Ivins

Preemptive war is what Israel did in '67 with Arab armies on its borders.

— Molly Ivins

'The New York Times' is a great newspaper: it is also No Fun.

— Molly Ivins

Laura Bush, it seems, is used to cast a softer light on her husband, who then proceeds to reverse whatever she's just…

— Molly Ivins

One of the things I said was that I had been in great hopes that I would become a better person as…

— Molly Ivins

Any nation that can survive what we have lately in the way of government, is on the high road to permanent glory.

— Molly Ivins

On the whole, I prefer not to be lectured on patriotism by those who keep offshore maildrops in order to avoid paying…

— Molly Ivins

Rank imperialism and warmongering are not American traditions or values. We do not need to dominate the world.

— Molly Ivins

California is now close to spending more on prisons than it does on higher education - surely the death warrant of a…

— Molly Ivins

Even for southerners, Arkansans are amazingly friendly and extend hospitality to all strangers with astonishing openness. You couldn't find a pretension in…

— Molly Ivins

It's one thing to recognize that the gap between the rich and everybody else is growing like a cancer; it's another thing…

— Molly Ivins

Havin' fun while freedom fightin' must be one of those lunatic Texas traits we get from the water - which is known…

— Molly Ivins

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…

— Molly Ivins

Margaret Atwood, the Canadian novelist, once asked a group of women at a university why they felt threatened by men. The women…

— Molly Ivins

Anyone who watched George W. and Karl Rove while the former was governor of Texas will recognize a familiar pattern. Like much…

— Molly Ivins

So keep fightin' for freedom and justice, beloveds, but don't you forget to have fun doin' it. Lord, let your laughter ring…

— Molly Ivins

“So keep fighting for freedom and justice, beloveds, but don't forget to have fun doin' it. Be outrageous... rejoice in all the…

— Molly Ivins

All anyone needs to enjoy the state legislature is a strong stomach and a complete insensitivity to the needs of the people.…

— Molly Ivins

I've said it before: War brings out the patriotic bullies. In World War I, they went around kicking dachshunds on the grounds…

— Molly Ivins

I couldn't find any way to tell the truth in a regular newspaper.

— Molly Ivins

There was really quite a remarkable level of sexism on newspapers when I started.

— Molly Ivins

Be outrageous, ridicule the fraidy-cats, rejoice in all the oddities that freedom can produce.

— Molly Ivins

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

— Molly Ivins

I'm sorry to say cancer can kill you, but it doesn't make you a better person.

— Molly Ivins

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

— Molly Ivins

Texas liberals are the camels of good news. We can cross entire deserts between oases.

— Molly Ivins

When satire is aimed at the powerless, it is not only cruel - it's vulgar.

— Molly Ivins

I often plagiarize from myself. I like to think of this as ecological journalism: I recycle.

— Molly Ivins

I think of Texas as the laboratory for bad government.

— Molly Ivins

I still believe in Hope - mostly because there's no such place as Fingers Crossed, Arkansas.

— Molly Ivins

This is the man (Ronald Reagan) who proved that ignorance is no handicap to the presidency

— Molly Ivins

Being slightly paranoid is like being slightly pregnant - it tends to get worse.

— Molly Ivins

We should all laugh more at our elected officials - it's good for us and good for them.

— Molly Ivins

I believe in practicing prudence at least once every two or three years.

— Molly Ivins