For years, I have been trying to persuade people that George W. Bush, although no Einstein, is not stupid. — 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
People in Midland are real nice folks: I can't prove that with statistics, but I know West Texas, and it's just a… — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
There is never anyone quite so wonderful as the people who were seniors when you were a freshman. — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
There is no inverse relationship between freedom and security. Less of one does not lead to more of the other. People with… — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
What stuns me most about contemporary politics is not even that the system has been so badly corrupted by money. It is… — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
I know: "Guns Don't Kill People." But I suspect that they have something to do with it. If you point your finger… — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
You could probably prove, by judicious use of logarithms and congruent triangles, that real life is a lot more like soap opera… — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
The United States of America is still run by its citizens. The government works for us. Rank imperialism and warmongering are not… — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
I used to go on college campuses 25 years ago and announce I was a feminist, and people thought it meant I… — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
What I've been telling people is that the doctors are gaining on cancer very rapidly. It's almost become a chronic disease, like… — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
The reason I take Rush Limbaugh seriously is not because he's offensive or right-wing, but because he is one of the few… — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
I am not anti-gun. I'm pro-knife. Consider the merits of the knife. In the first place, you have to catch up with… — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
In order to understand why George W. Bush doesn't get it, you have to take several strands of common Texas attitude, then… — 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
nothing like a few restful weeks contemplating the decline of civilization to restore the humors. What I did on my summer vacation… — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
We are the people who run this country. We are the deciders. And every single day, every single one of us needs… — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
One function of the income gap is that the people at the top of the heap have a hard time even seeing… — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
Racists seem obsessed by the idea that illegal workers - the hardest-working, poorest people in America - are somehow getting away with… — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
The trouble with blaming powerless people is that although it's not nearly as scary as blaming the powerful, it does miss the… — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
People asked me during the Iraq war if I was afraid to speak out. I said no. — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
People like to help. They like to be able to do something for you. Let them. — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
One of the more urp-making habits of media mavens is presuming to speak for the American people, as in 'The American people… — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
Listen to the people who are talking about how to fix what's wrong, not the ones who just work people into a… — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
I am one of those people who are out of touch with their emotions. I tend to treat my emotions like unpleasant… — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
When politicians start talking about large groups of their fellow Americans as 'enemies,' it's time for a quiet stir of alertness. Polarizing… — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
There are two kinds of humor. One kind that makes us chuckle about our foibles and our shared humanity -- like what… — 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
