Quotes by Molly Ivins

• Good thing we've still got politics in Texas - finest form of free entertainment ever invented.
• You can't ignore politics, no matter how much you'd like to.
• The thing about democracy, beloveds, is that it is not neat, orderly, or quiet. It requires a certain relish for confusion.
• Satire is traditionally the weapon of the powerless against the powerful.
• Next time I tell you someone from Texas should not be president of the United States, please pay attention.
• It is possible to read the history of this country as one long struggle to extend the liberties established in our Constitution to everyone in America.
• I dearly love the state of Texas, but I consider that a harmless perversion on my part, and discuss it only with consenting adults.
• I believe in practicing prudence at least once every two or three years.
• Being slightly paranoid is like being slightly pregnant - it tends to get worse.
• As they say around the Texas Legislature, if you can't drink their whiskey, screw their women, take their money, and vote against 'em anyway, you don't belong in office.
• I believe that ignorance is the root of all evil. And that no one knows the truth.