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But, as my mother used to tell me, two wrongs don't make a right. But I soon figured out that three left turns do.
Jim Hightower
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Jim Hightower
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: January 11
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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.
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When Rick Perry says I can do for America what I've done for Texas, pay attention. That's no idle threat.
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Republicans are so empty-headed, they wouldn't make a good landfill.
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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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The opposite for courage is not cowardice, it is conformity. Even a dead fish can go with the flow.
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The corporations don't have to lobby the government anymore. They are the government.
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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.
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Ronald Reagan's idea of a good farm program was Hee Haw.
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Even a little dog can piss on a big building.
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Becoming a politician is the only step down I could take from being a journalist.
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The media isn't only asleep it doesn't want to know this news, that the people are revolting, in the very best sense of the term, revolting against the thieves in high places and reaching out to each other, which is our great strength.
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When I entered politics, I took the only downward turn you could take from journalism.
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Like NASCAR race drivers or PGA golfers, why not require each of the [US presidential] candidates to cover their clothing, briefcases and staff with the logo patches of their corporate sponsors?
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It's hard to believe President George Bush gave a speech in New Orleans about disaster recovery and failed to mention the word 'farm' or the word 'rural.'
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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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America was not built by conformists, but by mutineers.
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Well, I've been in the political arena all of my life, and 10 years of that as a candidate and elected official, and that's about enough.
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The water won't clear up until we get the hogs out of the creek.
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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.
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The corporation cannot be ethical, its only responsibility is to make a profit.
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