Rest in peace Molly Ivins

Today is the second anniversary of Molly Ivins death. To mark the occassion, here's a few of her quotes.

I still believe in Hope - mostly because there's no such place as Fingers Crossed, Arkansas.

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

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.

Conservatives have been mad at the Supreme Court since it decided to desegregate the schools in 1954 and seen fit to blame the federal bench for everything that has happened since then that they don’t like.

There's never been a law yet that didn't have a ridiculous consequence in some unusual situation; there's probably never been a government program that didn't accidentally benefit someone it wasn't intended to. Most people who work in government understand that what you do about it is fix the problem -- you don't just attack the whole government.

What you need is sustained outrage...there's far too much unthinking respect given to authority.

I really miss her. She left us too soon.

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