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There's enormous progressive activism and, more often than not, success at the grassroots level - everything from living wage campaigns to efforts to finance our elections are having terrific success.
Jim Hightower
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Jim Hightower
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: January 11
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When I entered politics, I took the only downward turn you could take from journalism.
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It's hard for the donkeys to win the race if they're going to carry the elephants on their backs.
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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.
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Even the smallest dog can lift its leg on the tallest building.
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