I believe that ignorance is the root of all evil. And that no one knows the truth. I believe that the people is not dumb. Ignorant, bigoted, and mean-minded, maybe, but not stupid. I just think it helps, anything and everything, if the people know. Know what the hell is going on. What they do about it once they know is not my problem.

Molly Ivins (1944-2007) American writer, political columnist [Mary Tyler Ivins]

Essay (1973-01), “Pitfalls of Reporting in the Lone Star State,” Houston Journalism Review
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Her journalistic credo. Collected in Molly Ivins Can't Say That, Can She? (1991).