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
Personally, I think government is a tool, like a hammer. You can use a hammer to build or you can use a… — 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
Sit up, join up, get on line, get in touch, find out who's raising hell and join them. No use waiting on… — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
The government can now delve into personal and private records of individuals even if they cannot be directly connected to a terrorist… — 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
