Fort Bend Democrats quotes

Being slightly paranoid is like being slightly pregnant

DemAdmin — Fri, 18 May 2012 05:08:11 +0000

Being slightly paranoid is like being slightly pregnant - it tends to get worse.

— Molly Ivins (1944-2007)

Politics and governing demand compromise

DemAdmin — Fri, 18 May 2012 03:24:00 +0000

“Mark my word, if and when these preachers get control of the [Republican] party, and they’re sure trying to do so, it’s going to be a terrible damn problem. Frankly, these people frighten me. Politics and governing demand compromise. But these Christians believe they are acting in the name of God, so they can’t and won’t compromise. I know, I’ve tried to deal with them.”

— Barry Goldwater

Religious controversies are always productive of more acrimony and irreconcilable hatreds

DemAdmin — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 17:01:11 +0000

"Religious controversies are always productive of more acrimony and irreconcilable hatreds than those which spring from any other cause. Of all the animosities which have existed among mankind, those which are caused by the difference of sentiments in religion appear to be the most inveterate and distressing, and ought most to be depreciated. I was in hopes that the enlightened and liberal policy, which has marked the present age, would at least have reconciled Christians of every denomination so far that we should never again see the religious disputes carried to such a pitch as to endanger the peace of society."

— George Washington

History’s Condemnation

DemAdmin — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 23:29:11 +0000

“Once as President, I thought and said that birth control was not the business of our federal government. The facts changed my mind … Governments must act … Failure would limit the expectations of future generations to abject poverty and suffering and bring down upon us history’s condemnation.”

— Dwight David Eisenhower

let's talk about gay people and abortion

DemAdmin — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 22:33:03 +0000

"Unemployment is down, confidence is up, DOW 5,000 above Bush - or as Republicans put it, let's talk about gay people and abortion!"

— Bill Maher

Goldwater: Today’s so-called ‘conservatives’ don’t even know what the word means

DemAdmin — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 21:09:44 +0000

"Today’s so-called ‘conservatives’ don’t even know what the word means. They think I’ve turned liberal because I believe a woman has a right to an abortion. That’s a decision that’s up to the pregnant woman, not up to the pope or some do-gooders or the Religious Right. It’s not a conservative issue at all."

— Barry Goldwater

It's hard to argue against cynics

DemAdmin — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 16:33:54 +0000

It's hard to argue against cynics -- they always sound smarter than optimists because they have so much evidence on their side

— Molly Ivins (1944-2007)

I believe in practicing prudence at least once every two or three years

DemAdmin — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 16:32:10 +0000

I believe in practicing prudence at least once every two or three years.

— Molly Ivins (1944-2007)

when these preachers get control of the [Republican] party

DemAdmin — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 00:10:27 +0000

“Mark my word, if and when these preachers get control of the [Republican] party, and they're sure trying to do so, it's going to be a terrible damn problem. Frankly, these people frighten me. Politics and governing demand compromise. But these Christians believe they are acting in the name of God, so they can't and won't compromise. I know, I've tried to deal with them.”

— Barry Goldwater

There's never been a law yet that didn't have a ridiculous consequence

DemAdmin — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 21:05:54 +0000

There's never been a law yet that didn't have a ridiculous consequence in some unusual situation; there's probably never been a government program that didn't accidentally benefit someone it wasn't intended to. Most people who work in government understand that what you do about it is fix the problem -- you don't just attack the whole government.

— Molly Ivins

Republican Debate Side Effects

DemAdmin — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 16:30:00 +0000

The Republican debate was on earlier tonight. Side effects may include nausea, vomiting and sexual dysfunction.

— David Letterman

neutral in situations of injustice

DemAdmin — Sun, 03 Jul 2011 03:13:41 +0000

If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality.

— Bishop Desmond Tutu

Politics is not a picture on a wall or a television sitcom that you can decide you don't much care for

DemAdmin — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 17:16:35 +0000

What stuns me most about contemporary politics is not even that the system has been so badly corrupted by money. It is that so few people get the connection between their lives and what the bozos do in Washington and our state capitols… Politics is not a picture on a wall or a television sitcom that you can decide you don't much care for.

— Molly Ivins (1944-2007)

http://www.creators.com/opinion/molly-ivins/molly-ivins-october-29.html

one long struggle to extend the liberties established in our Constitution to everyone in America

DemAdmin — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 18:55:43 +0000

It is possible to read the history of this country as one long struggle to extend the liberties established in our Constitution to everyone in America.

— Molly Ivins (1944-2007)

a citizenry with minds wide awake and a basic understanding of how the world works

DemAdmin — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 22:20:18 +0000

Our species needs, and deserves, a citizenry with minds wide awake and a basic understanding of how the world works.

— Carl Sagan