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Molly Ivins Quotes: The thing is this: You got to have fun while you're fightin' for freedom, 'cause you don't always win.
         

The thing is this: You got to have fun while you're fightin' for freedom, 'cause you don't always win.


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On the whole, I prefer not to be lectured on patriotism by those who keep offshore maildrops in order to avoid paying their taxes.



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What we have here, fellow citizens, is a crassly egocentric, raving twit.



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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.



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I know: "Guns Don't Kill People." But I suspect that they have something to do with it. If you point your finger at someone and say, "Bang, bang, you're dead," not much actually happens.



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