Quote by Molly Ivins
Many a time freedom has been rolled back - and always for the same

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

Other quotes by Molly Ivins

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

Category:
History
Read Quote

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. – Molly Ivins

Category:
Freedom
Read Quote
Other Quotes from
Fear
category

Necessity of action takes away the fear of the act, and makes bold resolution the favorite of fortune. – Francis Quarles

Category:
Fear

Excessive fear is always powerless. – Aeschylus

Category:
Fear

China, in the future, is going to have even more nuclear capability than it has had in the past. I dont believe that they have anything to fear from the United States, and I frankly dont believe they do fear the United States. – Paul Wolfowitz

Category:
Fear

Amin knew that neither West nor East would criticize him for fear that he would support the other side. He felt he was untouchable and he said so openly. – Ryszard Kapuscinski

Category:
Fear

Random Quotes

Opportunity is often difficult to recognize; we usually expect it to beckon us with beepers and billboards. – William Arthur Ward

Category:
Opportunities

When I was doing ensemble theater and comedy work, I felt I had some talents. But when I started doing my shows in Berkeley and found that I could be funny on my own, I was shocked. – Whoopi Goldberg

Category:
funny

Third issue, and again I think it is important to note, anyone can make a mistake and any administration can make a mistake once in a while, but this is just a long train of abuses, an unbroken chain of following special interests rather than the health of the American people. – Jay Inslee

Category:
Health

We are never so defensless against suffering as when we love. – Sigmund Freud

Category:
Love