“The best lesson that any people can learn is that there is no patent cure-all which will make the body politic perfect, and that any man who is able glibly to answer every question as to how to deal with the evils of the body politic is at best a foolish visionary and at worst an evil-minded quack.” PeopleMenBodyAbleEvilPoliticsAnswersPerfectDealsEconomyWorstLessonsFoolishCuresLiberalismVisionariesPatentsQuacks Book:History as Literature and Other Essays Source: History as Literature and Other Essays
“the more a body tries to explode all the foolish myths that have grown up about Texas by telling the truth, the more a body will wind up adding to the mythology.” TryingBodyWindMythFoolishMythologyTelling The TruthTexas Book:Molly Ivins Can't Say That, Can She? Source: Molly Ivins Can't Say That, Can She?
“War is wicked, beause it is murder and hate. And it is foolish, because hate and murder can only destroy people's bodies, not change their minds.” PeopleMindWarBodyHateMurderFoolishWicked Author:Margaret Deland