3 December 2020 Molly Ivins 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 oddities that freedom can produce.
3 December 2020 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.
3 December 2020 Molly Ivins And the funny thing is, I’ve always been an optimist – it’s practically a congenital disorder with me.
3 December 2020 Molly Ivins Many a time freedom has been rolled back – and always for the same sorry reason: fear.
3 December 2020 Molly Ivins The thing is this: You got to have fun while you’re fightin’ for freedom, ’cause you don’t always win.
3 December 2020 Molly Ivins I believe that ignorance is the root of all evil. And that no one knows the truth.
3 December 2020 Molly Ivins Next time I tell you someone from Texas should not be president of the United States, please pay attention.
3 December 2020 Molly Ivins Good thing we’ve still got politics in Texas – finest form of free entertainment ever invented.
3 December 2020 Molly Ivins 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.
