Molly Ivins

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

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

“The Internet goes doot-doot-doot - it goes sideways. There's nothing hierarchical about it. And the best thing about it is also the worst thing about it, which is there are no gatekeepers on...”

“In truth, there is no rational argument for guns in this society. This is no longer a frontier nation in which people hunt their own food. It is a crowded, overwhelmingly urban country in wh...”

“I had sort of given up on conventional journalism. I found it far too restrictive.”

“The extent to which not just state legislatures but the Congress of the United States are now run by large corporate special interests is beyond mere recognition as fact. The takeover is com...”

“I intensely covered Bush when he was Governor of Texas.”

“Am I the only person covering politics who ever noticed that Newt Gingrich is actually a nincompoop?”

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

“Fourteen-year-old boys are not part of a well-regulated militia. Members of wacky religious cults are not part of a well-regulated militia. Permitting unregulated citizens to have guns is de...”

“I'd worked for the 'Dallas Times Herald' for ten years, and its death was a kick in the gut the like of which I cannot recall ever having experienced.”

“When I was first diagnosed, I went out, as a book person, and got some books on cancer and looked up my version of the disease. It said that I had about a 5 percent chance of survival. I sai...”

“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, topographically, botanically, ethnically, cultural...”

“It really is possible to disagree with someone's policies without hating them. Grown-ups can do that.”

“In order to understand why George W. Bush doesn't get it, you have to take several strands of common Texas attitude, then add an impressive degree of class-based obliviousness. What you end...”

“And the funny thing is, I've always been an optimist - it's practically a congenital disorder with me.”

“So keep fightin' for freedom and justice, beloveds, but don't you forget to have fun doin' it. Lord, let your laughter ring forth. Be outrageous, ridicule the fraidy-cats, rejoice in all the...”

“Keep fighting for freedom and justice, beloveds, but don't forget to have fun doin' it. Lord, let your laughter ring forth. Be outrageous, ridicule the fraidy-cats, rejoice in all the odditi...”

“Don't get me started about the media double standard.”

“I think one can easily make a case for taking out Saddam Hussein. In fact, one could probably be made on humanitarian grounds alone. But just as there's a downside risk to doing nothing abou...”