Quote

The corporations don't have to lobby the government anymore. They are the government.

Jim Hightower

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Jim Hightower
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: January 11
Columnist
Journalist
Politician
Radio Personality
Denison
Texas
James Hightower
James Allen Hightower
Armadillos
Lobby
Corporations
Anymore
Government

More quotes by Jim Hightower

Image
Some people say we need a third party. I wish we had a second one.
Jim Hightower
Image
If you don't speak out when it matters, when would it matter to speak out?
Jim Hightower
Image
America's drug war is so stupid that if you pay close attention to just how stupid it is -- it'll drive you to use drugs.
Jim Hightower
Image
Organic agriculture is more about fairness and respect than it is about parts-per-billion of pesticide residues
Jim Hightower
Image
Even a little dog can piss on a big building.
Jim Hightower
Image
Becoming a politician is the only step down I could take from being a journalist.
Jim Hightower
Image
If ignorance goes to forty dollars a barrel, I want drilling rights to George Bush's head.
Jim Hightower
Image
The [Democratic] party is a bank. It collects money and gives it to TV stations.
Jim Hightower
Image
You have to learn to read between the lies.
Jim Hightower
Image
The real bias of the media is not to the left or to the right, but to the thin strata of economic elites at the top of our society.
Jim Hightower
Image
Little ol' boy in the Panhandle told me the other day you can still make a small fortune in agriculture. Problem is, you got to start with a large one.
Jim Hightower
Image
The water won't clear up until we get the hogs out of the creek.
Jim Hightower
Image
Founders v. Bush brings the wisdom and eloquence of the Founding Fathers back to the people, while unmasking the fraudulent PR machine that is corrupting their words and stealing our legacy.
Jim Hightower
Image
Ronald Reagan's idea of a good farm program was Hee Haw.
Jim Hightower
Image
Populists have always been out to challenge the orthodoxy of the corporate order and to empower workaday Americans so they can control their own economic and political destinies. This approach distinguishes the movement from classic liberalism, which seeks to live in harmony with concentrated corporate power by trying to regulate excesses.
Jim Hightower
Image
When I entered politics, I took the only downward turn you could take from journalism.
Jim Hightower
Image
This is a matter of public health. The public was sick and tired of DeLay and his corruption.
Jim Hightower
Image
Politics isn't about left versus right it's about top versus bottom.
Jim Hightower
Image
America was not built by conformists, but by mutineers.
Jim Hightower
Image
Banks don't commit crimes. Bankers do. And they won't ever stop if they don't have to pay for their crimes.
Jim Hightower