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> [One thing I have learned from Johnny Faulk, Texas, and life, is that since you don't always win, you got to learn to enjoy just fightin' the good fight.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/molly-ivins/one-thing-i-have-learned-from-johnny-faulk-texas-and-life-is-that/)

[Molly Ivins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/molly-ivins/)

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> [“So keep fighting for freedom and justice, beloveds, but don't forget to have fun doin' it. Be outrageous... rejoice in all the oddities that freedom can produce. And when you get through celebrating the sheer joy of a good fight,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/molly-ivins/so-keep-fighting-for-freedom-and-justice-beloveds-but-don-t-forget-to/)

[Molly Ivins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/molly-ivins/)

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## Other authors on Good fight

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## More by Molly Ivins

> [Preemptive war is what Israel did in '67 with Arab armies on its borders.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/molly-ivins/preemptive-war-is-what-israel-did-in-67-with-arab-armies-on-its/)

[Molly Ivins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/molly-ivins/)

> [The idols of one's adolescence tend to endure - you never forget how you worshipped them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/molly-ivins/the-idols-of-one-s-adolescence-tend-to-endure-you-never-forget-how/)

[Molly Ivins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/molly-ivins/)

> [Having breast cancer is massive amounts of no fun,](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/molly-ivins/having-breast-cancer-is-massive-amounts-of-no-fun/)

[Molly Ivins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/molly-ivins/)

> [How the American right managed to convince itself that the programs to alleviate poverty are responsible for the consequences of poverty will someday be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/molly-ivins/how-the-american-right-managed-to-convince-itself-that-the-programs/)

[Molly Ivins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/molly-ivins/)

> [To mistake Midland for the volk heartland is the West Texas equivalent of assuming that Greenwich, Connecticut, is Levittown.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/molly-ivins/to-mistake-midland-for-the-volk-heartland-is-the-west-texas/)

[Molly Ivins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/molly-ivins/)

> [I only aim at the powerful.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/molly-ivins/i-only-aim-at-the-powerful/)

[Molly Ivins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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 that state…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/molly-ivins/even-for-southerners-arkansans-are-amazingly-friendly-and-extend/)

[Molly Ivins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/molly-ivins/)

> [It's hard to convince people that you're killing them for their own good.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/molly-ivins/it-s-hard-to-convince-people-that-you-re-killing-them-for-their-own/)

[Molly Ivins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/molly-ivins/)

> [the pyramids were built for pharaohs on the happy theory that they could take their stuff with them. Versailles was built for kings on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/molly-ivins/the-pyramids-were-built-for-pharaohs-on-the-happy-theory-that-they/)

[Molly Ivins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/molly-ivins/)

> [Any nation that can survive what we have lately in the way of government, is on the high road to permanent glory.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/molly-ivins/any-nation-that-can-survive-what-we-have-lately-in-the-way-of/)

[Molly Ivins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/molly-ivins/)

> [I think provincialism is an endemic characteristic with mankind, I think everybody everywhere is provincial, but it is particularly striking with Texans, and we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/molly-ivins/i-think-provincialism-is-an-endemic-characteristic-with-mankind-i/)

[Molly Ivins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/molly-ivins/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/molly-ivins/during-a-recent-panel-on-the-numerous-failures-of-american-journalism/)

[Molly Ivins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/molly-ivins/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/molly-ivins/naturally-when-it-comes-to-voting-we-in-texas-are-accustomed-to/)

[Molly Ivins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/molly-ivins/)

> [Be outrageous, ridicule the fraidy-cats, rejoice in all the oddities that freedom can produce.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/molly-ivins/be-outrageous-ridicule-the-fraidy-cats-rejoice-in-all-the-oddities/)

[Molly Ivins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/molly-ivins/)

> [Texas is not a civilized place. Texans shoot one another a lot. They also knife, razor, and stomp one another to death with some…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/molly-ivins/texas-is-not-a-civilized-place-texans-shoot-one-another-a-lot-they/)

[Molly Ivins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/molly-ivins/)

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