Molly Ivins

Sometimes misunderstandings between bloggers and the MSM are the result of simple ignorance.

— Molly Ivins

The Libertarians, of whom I'm rather fond, are running Harry Browne. Libertarians are, just as they claim, principled and consistent- they believe…

— Molly Ivins

Jimmy Carter was unquestionably the most moral president of my lifetime, but he wasn't much of a president.

— Molly Ivins

We need to reform the political system, or we'll lose the democracy. I don't think it's that hard. It doesn't take rocket…

— Molly Ivins

Truly, if you can't cover a five-car pile-up on Route 128, you should not be covering a presidential campaign.

— Molly Ivins

We often seem to be swimming through such a miasma of sexual violence - in advertising, television programming, heavy metal, rap, films,…

— Molly Ivins

We liberals do sometimes forsake our vows of compassion for all mankind.

— Molly Ivins

Rank imperialism and warmongering are not American traditions or values. We do not need to dominate the world.

— Molly Ivins

I've always found it easier to be funny than to be serious.

— Molly Ivins

Legislative language is governed by a law of etymology that is also the ancient code of the bureaucracy: It doesn't have to…

— Molly Ivins

You could probably prove, by judicious use of logarithms and congruent triangles, that real life is a lot more like soap opera…

— Molly Ivins

I've thought for years that newspapers should all be owned by nonprofits.

— Molly Ivins

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

Politics is not a picture on a wall or a television sitcom that you can decide you don't much care for.

— Molly Ivins

I often plagiarize from myself. I like to think of this as ecological journalism: I recycle.

— Molly Ivins

The greatest moral leader of my lifetime was Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., whose private life does not bear close examination.

— Molly Ivins

In Texas, we do not hold high expectations for the [governor's] office; it's mostly been occupied by crooks, dorks and the comatose.

— Molly Ivins

The myth of the inevitability of economic globalization is based largely on the work of Milton Friedman, and easily the most underreported…

— Molly Ivins

Raise hell - big time. I want y'all to get out there and raise hell about damned near everything. My word, there's…

— Molly Ivins

Next time I tell you someone from Texas should not be president of the United States, please pay attention.

— Molly Ivins

I do object to those who jump from political hackery to flackery and expect respect.

— Molly Ivins

I prefer someone who burns the flag and then wraps themselves up in the Constitution over someone who burns the Constitution and…

— Molly Ivins

If you grew up white before the civil rights movement anywhere in the South, all grown-ups lied. They'd tell you stuff like,…

— Molly Ivins

The trouble with capitalism as a system is that only those who have or can get capital can make it work for…

— Molly Ivins

Here's the deal on Texas. It's big. So big, there's about five distinct and different places here, separated from one another geologically,…

— Molly Ivins