Molly Ivins

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Many a time freedom has been rolled back - and always for the same sorry reason: fear.

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fear

So keep fightin' for freedom and justice, beloveds, but don't you forget to have fun doin' it. Lord, let your laughter ring forth. Be outrageous, ridicule the fraidy-cats, rejoice in all the oddities that freedom can produce.

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freedom

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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freedom

Many a time freedom has been rolled back - and always for the same sorry reason: fear.

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freedom

Havin' fun while freedom fightin' must be one of those lunatic Texas traits we get from the water - which is known to have lithium in it - because it goes all the way back to Sam Houston, surely the most lovable, the most human, and the funniest of all the great men this country has ever produced.

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freedom

I've always found it easier to be funny than to be serious.

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funny

And the funny thing is, I've always been an optimist - it's practically a congenital disorder with me.

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funny

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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history

As they say around the Texas Legislature, if you can't drink their whiskey, screw their women, take their money, and vote against 'em anyway, you don't belong in office.

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money

You can't ignore politics, no matter how much you'd like to.

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politics

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