Molly Ivins Quotes

Margaret Atwood, the Canadian novelist, once asked a group of women at a university why they felt threatened by men. The women said they were afraid of being beaten, raped, or killed by men. She then asked a group of men why they felt threatened by women. They said they were afraid women would laugh at them.

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I believe that ignorance is the root of all evil.
And that no one knows the truth.

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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.

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

[Shrub Flubs His Dub, The Nation, June 18, 2001]

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

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I believe all Southern liberals come from the same starting point-race. Once you figure out they are lying to you about race, you start to question everything.

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