317 Quotes by Molly Ivins

I've always had trouble with male authority figures because my father was such a martinet.

It's a monstrous idea to put people in prison and keep them there.

The only reason to have a positive mental attitude is that it makes life better. It doesn't cure cancer.

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 complete.

Laws were changed and regulations repealed until an Enron can set sail without responsibility, supervision, or accountability.

Racists seem obsessed by the idea that illegal workers - the hardest-working, poorest people in America - are somehow getting away with something, sneaking goodies that should be for Americans. You can always avoid this problem by having no social services. This is the refreshing Texas model, and it works a treat.

We need to reform the political system, or we'll lose the democracy. I don't think it's that hard. It doesn't take rocket science. We've done it before successfully at the presidential level and tried it several places at the state level.

Public campaign financing isn't perfect and can doubtlessly be improved upon as we go.

The reason there is no noblesse oblige about Dubya is because he doesn't admit to himself or anyone else that he owes his entire life to being named George W. Bush. He didn't just get a head start by being his father's son - it remained the single most salient fact about him for most of his life.