A Quote by Molly Ivins

Satire is traditionally the weapon of the powerless against the powerful.

Molly Ivins

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Against Powerful Powerless Satire Weapon

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Molly Ivins
American - Journalist
August 30, 1944 - January 31, 2007

Satire is traditionally the weapon of the powerless against the powerful. I only aim at the powerful. When satire is aimed at the powerless, it is not only cruel -- it's vulgar.

Molly Ivins

There are two kinds of humor. One kind that makes us chuckle about our foibles and our shared humanity -- like what Garrison Keillor does. The other kind holds people up to public contempt and ridicule -- that's what I do. Satire is traditionally the weapon of the powerless against the powerful. I only aim at the powerful. When satire is aimed at the powerless, it is not only cruel -- it's vulgar.

Molly Ivins

I only aim at the powerful. When satire is aimed at the powerless, it is not only cruel - it's vulgar.

Molly Ivins

I am going to give you such a weapon that the police and the army will not be able to stand against it. It is the weapon of the Prophet, but you are not aware of it. That weapon is patience and righteousness. No power on earth can stand against it.

Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan

Religion is a powerful weapon that can be used because it persuades people to do things. And thus it can be used for good or ill. But it should not be a powerful weapon at all.

Richard Dawkins

Of all powers, love is the most powerful and the most powerless. It is the most powerful because it alone can conquer that final and most impregnable stronghold which is the human heart. It is the most powerless because it can do nothing except by consent.

Frederick Buechner

Walking into the studio making 'Scared Hearts Club,' it was important for us as artists to write a joyful record, but using joy as a weapon because joy is the best weapon against oppression; it's the best weapon against depression.

Mark Foster

A good diet is the most powerful weapon we have against disease and sickness.

T. Colin Campbell

I'm so glad that talented writers and everybody who produces shows are being meeting with such success - it gives me more hope for the future of satire. They're probably the most powerful form of satire out there today.

Mark Fiore

When satire is aimed at the powerless, it is not only cruel - it's vulgar.

Molly Ivins

An alliance of civilisations can be our most powerful weapon in the fight against terror.

Federica Mogherini

A temporary reduction in tax rates on individual incomes can be a powerful weapon against recession.

Paul Samuelson

Satire is a weapon, and it can be quite cruel.

Molly Ivins

The great dynamic success of capitalism had given us a powerful weapon in our battle against Communism-money.

Ronald Reagan

Washing one's hands of the conflict between the powerful and the powerless means to side with the powerful, not to be neutral.

Paulo Freire

I've always thought that the most powerful weapon in the world was the bomb and that's why I gave it to my people, but I've come to the conclusion that the most powerful weapon in the world is not the bomb but it's the truth

Andrei Sakharov

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