Share
×
Inspirational Quotes
Authors
Professions
Topics
Tags
Quote
The issue isn't just jobs. Even slaves had jobs. The issue is wages.
Jim Hightower
Share
Change background
T
T
T
Change font
Original
TAGS & TOPICS
Jim Hightower
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: January 11
Columnist
Journalist
Politician
Radio Personality
Denison
Texas
James Hightower
James Allen Hightower
Slaves
Wages
Issue
Slave
Issues
Jobs
Even
More quotes by Jim Hightower
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
This is a matter of public health. The public was sick and tired of DeLay and his corruption.
Jim Hightower
Republicans are so empty-headed, they wouldn't make a good landfill.
Jim Hightower
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
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
Ronald Reagan's idea of a good farm program was Hee Haw.
Jim Hightower
Do something. If it doesn't work, do something else. No idea is too crazy.
Jim Hightower
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
The corporations don't have to lobby the government anymore. They are the government.
Jim Hightower
The [Democratic] party is a bank. It collects money and gives it to TV stations.
Jim Hightower
Some of these rich folks seem to think that everything belongs to them and they'll even get to take it with them when they die. But you know what? You don't ever see a hearse pulling a U Haul.
Jim Hightower
Some people say we need a third party. I wish we had a second one.
Jim Hightower
Politics isn't about left versus right it's about top versus bottom.
Jim Hightower
It's hard for the donkeys to win the race if they're going to carry the elephants on their backs.
Jim Hightower
You can't do progressive government from the inside. You have to rally those outsiders and make them a force.
Jim Hightower
When I entered politics, I took the only downward turn you could take from journalism.
Jim Hightower
The original Greek word idiotes referred to people who might have had a high IQ, but were so self-involved that they focused exclusively on their own life and were both ignorant of and uncaring about public concerns and the common good.
Jim Hightower
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
If ignorance goes to forty dollars a barrel, I want drilling rights to George Bush's head.
Jim Hightower
Becoming a politician is the only step down I could take from being a journalist.
Jim Hightower
