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.
Molly Ivins

Being slightly paranoid is like being slightly pregnant - it tends to get worse.
Molly Ivins

Good thing we've still got politics in Texas - finest form of free entertainment ever invented.
Molly Ivins

I believe in practicing prudence at least once every two or three years.
Molly Ivins

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

I dearly love the state of Texas, but I consider that a harmless perversion on my part, and discuss it only with consenting adults.
Molly Ivins

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.
Molly Ivins

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

Satire is traditionally the weapon of the powerless against the powerful.
Molly Ivins

The thing about democracy, beloveds, is that it is not neat, orderly, or quiet. It requires a certain relish for confusion.
Molly Ivins


You can't ignore politics, no matter how much you'd like to.
Molly Ivins