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I couldn't find any way to tell the truth in a regular newspaper.

I really think the single most important thing to remember about trying to fix the schools is that there is no such thing as an instant result.

The Kurds will not be allowed to have an independent country because Turkey wouldn't stand for it; they have their own Kurdish population.

Preemptive war is what Israel did in '67 with Arab armies on its borders.

I only aim at the powerful.

When satire is aimed at the powerless, it is not only cruel - it's vulgar.

The uproar of the late '60s - the antiwar movement, black riots, angry women. It was a wonderful time.

I saw a shrink because I though I suffered from fear of success.

I spend most of my life feeling like I've been shot out of a cannon.

Am I the only person covering politics who ever noticed that Newt Gingrich is actually a nincompoop?

Molly Ivins