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
All anyone needs to enjoy the state legislature is a strong stomach and a complete insensitivity to the needs of the people.… — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
I have long argued that no one should be allowed to write opinion without spending years as a reporter - nothing like… — 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
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 Copy Share Image
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
One nice thing about the benefit of long experience with la frontera is that we in Texas don't have to run around… — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
Preemptive war is what Israel did in '67 with Arab armies on its borders. — 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 Image
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 Image
To mistake Midland for the volk heartland is the West Texas equivalent of assuming that Greenwich, Connecticut, is Levittown. — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
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 Image
It's hard to convince people that you're killing them for their own good. — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 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 Image
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 Image
