Molly Ivins quotes & "Politician will lay down your life for his country"

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I like these quotes from the late Molly Ivins. If anyone has source  for the
quotes, send them along.
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Good thing we've still got politics in Texas - finest form of free
entertainment ever invented. Molly Ivins.
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I dearly love the state of Texas, but I consider that a harmless perversion
on my part, and discuss it only with consenting adults. Molly Ivins
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In Texas, we do not hold high expectations for the [governor's] office;  it's
mostly been occupied by crooks, dorks and the comatose. Molly Ivins
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I know vegetarians don't like to hear this, but God made an awful lot of
land that's good for nothing but grazing. Molly Ivins
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This supposedly comes from Texas Guinan, but that doesn't sound at all
probable. Google Books has a Life magazine quote from American Legion Weekly
(about "an orator" and not "a politician"). This is not in the Yale Book of
Quotations.
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    A politician is a fellow/someone who will  lay down your life for his
country

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