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The trouble with blaming powerless people is that although it's not nearly as scary as blaming the powerful, it does miss the point. Poor people do not shut down factories... Poor people didn't decide to use 'contract employees' because they cost less and don't get any benefits.
— Molly Ivins
Tags: powerful, down, poor, people

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I'm sorry to say cancer can kill you, but it doesn't make you a better person.
— Molly Ivins
Tags: person, better, sorry, you
Margaret Atwood, the Canadian novelist, once asked a group of women at a university why they felt threatened by men. The women said they were afraid of being beaten, raped, or killed by men. She then asked a group of men why they felt threatened by women. They said they were afraid women would laugh at them.
— Molly Ivins Molly Ivins Can't Say That
Tags: women, privilege, men, humor, feminism
Guns do kill. Unlike cars, that is all they do.
— Molly Ivins
Tags: guns
There's been a lot of experience with torture in history. It doesn't work.
— Molly Ivins
Tags: been, experience, history, work
People in Midland are real nice folks: I can't prove that with statistics, but I know West Texas, and it's just a fact.
— Molly Ivins
Tags: nice, real, know, people
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