Molly Ivins Quotes

President Bush says he needs a month off to unwind. Unwind? When the hell does this guy wind?

I never met a politician that I couldn’t take a poke at.

We all joke about Bush. You go to a meeting and just say “Bush” and everyone will laugh.

I kid the Republicans, with love. I feel bad for them. They got nobody for next time. Who are they gonna run? Sarah Palin, reading off her hand. Did you see that? You saw this? She wrote "tax cuts" on her hand. A Republican so stupid she has to be reminded of the one thing - Tax cuts! This is like if you saw the coyote's paw and it said "Road Runner".

I don't do a lot of political jokes. Too many are getting elected.

To make fun of an administration, to make fun of anything, Mark Twain said, is the last defense of democracy.

It's easy being a humorist when you've got the whole government working for you.

I hope you realize, in a democracy, laughter is assent.

I don't really have funny things to say about politics. I wish I did, but I don't.

I'm a politician, and as you know, politicians are rarely very funny.

Satire is fascinating stuff. It's deadly serious, and when politics begin to break down, there is a drift towards satire, because it's the only thing that makes any sense.

Ross Perot. I could have had a ball with him.

British politics, as the world knows, is a joke. Yet it's rarely funny.

I think comedy and satire are a very important part of democracy, and it's important we are able to laugh at the idiosyncrasies or the follies or vanities of people in power.

Mr. Attlee is a very modest man. Indeed he has a lot to be modest about.

I don't consider myself a political comedian because it's so hard. It takes time away from me saying terrible things about TV.

Bad times for the Republic are great times for satire.

Washington's got to loosen up a little bit—learn to laugh at itself a little.

Every joke a President makes about himself is another barb that is taken out of the arsenal of his opponent.

There is nothing more frightening to a political satirist than an honest administration.

Thank you, Mr. President, for hosting us and giving me the chance to be with so many people I haven’t voted for.

We make fun of our leaders.

When you look at every government, they're our elected officials, and you have to have some form of respect for them.

'Saturday Night Live' has always been, you know, non-partisan - whoever's in power should probably be challenged.

People go, 'Oh, Trump must be good for comedy,' and I go, 'Ehhh.'