“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.” PeopleDoeUsePoorPowerfulTroubleMissingCostBenefitsBlameScaryEmployeeContractsFactoriesPowerlessPoor People Book:You Got to Dance with Them What Brung You Source: You Got to Dance with Them What Brung You
“California is now close to spending more on prisons than it does on higher education - surely the death warrant of a civilization.” DoeHigherCivilizationPrisonSpendingCaliforniaHigher EducationWarrants Author:Molly Ivins
“There are two kinds of humor. One kind that makes us chuckle about our foibles and our shared humanity -- like what Garrison Keillor does. The other kind holds people up to public contempt and ridicule -- that's what I do. Satire is traditionally the weapon of the powerless against the powerful. I only aim at the powerful. When satire is aimed at the powerless, it is not only cruel -- it's vulgar.” PeopleKindDoeTwoHumanityPowerfulWeaponsAimSatireContemptPowerlessVulgarRidiculeChucklesFoiblesShared Humanity Author:Molly Ivins
“There is no inverse relationship between freedom and security. Less of one does not lead to more of the other. People with no rights are not safe from terrorist attack.” PeopleDoeRightsSecuritySafeTerroristTerrorist AttacksInverse Book:Who Let the Dogs In?: Incredible Political Animals I Have Known Source: Who Let the Dogs In?: Incredible Political Animals I Have Known
“Naturally, when it comes to voting, we in Texas are accustomed to discerning that fine hair’s-breadth worth of difference that makes one hopeless dipstick slightly less awful than the other. But it does raise the question: Why bother?” DoeDifferencesHairFineRaisesAwfulBotherVotingHopelessTexasAccustomedBreadthDiscerningTexanWhy Bother Author:Molly Ivins
