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Do something. If it doesn't work, do something else. No idea is too crazy.
Jim Hightower
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Jim Hightower
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: January 11
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James Allen Hightower
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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
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
If you don't speak out when it matters, when would it matter to speak out?
Jim Hightower
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.
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
Politics isn't about left versus right it's about top versus bottom.
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
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
If ignorance goes to forty dollars a barrel, I want drilling rights to George Bush's head.
Jim Hightower
Organic agriculture is more about fairness and respect than it is about parts-per-billion of pesticide residues
Jim Hightower
The issue isn't just jobs. Even slaves had jobs. The issue is wages.
Jim Hightower
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?
Jim Hightower
The [Democratic] party is a bank. It collects money and gives it to TV stations.
Jim Hightower
This is a matter of public health. The public was sick and tired of DeLay and his corruption.
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
Becoming a politician is the only step down I could take from being a journalist.
Jim Hightower
Even a little dog can piss on a big building.
Jim Hightower
The corporations don't have to lobby the government anymore. They are the government.
Jim Hightower
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
