"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
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"Many a time freedom has been rolled back - and always for the same sorry reason: fear.“
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"I believe that ignorance is the root of all evil. And that no one knows the truth."
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"Next time I tell you someone from Texas should not be president of the United States, please pay attention."
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"I never saw anything funnier than Texas politics."
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"Good thing we've still got politics in Texas - finest form of free entertainment ever invented."
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