There are times a country is so tired of bull that only the truth can provide relief. — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
The trouble with capitalism as a system is that only those who have or can get capital can make it work for… — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
'Get along, go along' is not an inspirational philosophy, and only God knows how much moral cowardice it has covered up over… — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
When satire is aimed at the powerless, it is not only cruel - it's vulgar. — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
I only aim at the powerful. When satire is aimed at the powerless, it is not only cruel - it's vulgar. — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
Am I the only person covering politics who ever noticed that Newt Gingrich is actually a nincompoop? — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
In Congress, there are some who are unashamed to aspire to eloquence, even to scholarship, but the only state legislator I ever… — 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
