"We've got the emPHAsis on the wrong sylLAble……" — Molly Ivins
"We've got the emPHAsis on the wrong sylLAble when it comes to crime in this country. The FBI says burglary and robbery cost U.S. taxpayers $3.8 billion annually. Securities fraud alone costs four times that. And securities fraud is nothing to the cost of oil spills, price-fixing, and dangerous or defective products. Fraud by health-care corporations alone costs us between $100 billion and $400 billion a year. No three-strikes-and-you're-out for these guys. Remember the S&L scandal? $500 billion."
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79 Quotes by Molly Ivins
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Bad policies, stupid policies, gutless policies have real consequences.
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Oh, hell, I can’t go on a spiritual journey—I'm constipated.
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I still believe in Hope - mostly because there's no such place as Fingers Crossed, Arkansas.
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Satire is traditionally the weapon of the powerless against the powerful. I only aim at the powerful. When satire is…
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If you ever get to the place where injustice doesn't bother you, you're dead.
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