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The only difference between a pigeon and the American farmer today is that a pigeon can still make a deposit on a John Deere.
Jim Hightower
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Jim Hightower
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: January 11
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Some people say we need a third party. I wish we had a second one.
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Organic agriculture is more about fairness and respect than it is about parts-per-billion of pesticide residues
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When I entered politics, I took the only downward turn you could take from journalism.
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The opposite for courage is not cowardice, it is conformity. Even a dead fish can go with the flow.
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You can't do progressive government from the inside. You have to rally those outsiders and make them a force.
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Banks don't commit crimes. Bankers do. And they won't ever stop if they don't have to pay for their crimes.
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Republicans are so empty-headed, they wouldn't make a good landfill.
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Even the smallest dog can lift its leg on the tallest building.
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You have to learn to read between the lies.
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If ignorance goes to forty dollars a barrel, I want drilling rights to George Bush's head.
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Politics ought to be fun. It shouldn't be just boring meetings.
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But the good news is that out in the countryside, just about every place that's got a zip code has somebody or some group of people battling the economic and political exclusion that Wall Street and Washington are shoving down our throats.
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Becoming a politician is the only step down I could take from being a journalist.
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