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Some people say we need a third party. I wish we had a second one.

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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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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This is a matter of public health. The public was sick and tired of DeLay and his corruption.
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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.
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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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If ignorance goes to forty dollars a barrel, I want drilling rights to George Bush's head.
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The only difference between a pigeon and the American farmer today is that a pigeon can still make a deposit on a John Deere.
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If you don't speak out when it matters, when would it matter to speak out?
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Republicans are so empty-headed, they wouldn't make a good landfill.
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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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The corporations don't have to lobby the government anymore. They are the government.
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The water won't clear up until we get the hogs out of the creek.
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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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Organic agriculture is more about fairness and respect than it is about parts-per-billion of pesticide residues
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The corporation cannot be ethical, its only responsibility is to make a profit.
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Banks don't commit crimes. Bankers do. And they won't ever stop if they don't have to pay for their crimes.
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Even a little dog can piss on a big building.
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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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The opposite for courage is not cowardice, it is conformity. Even a dead fish can go with the flow.
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But the good news is that out in the countryside, just about every place that's got a zip code has somebody or some group of people battling the economic and political exclusion that Wall Street and Washington are shoving down our throats.
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