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When I entered politics, I took the only downward turn you could take from journalism.
Jim Hightower
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Jim Hightower
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: January 11
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Denison
Texas
James Hightower
James Allen Hightower
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Do something. If it doesn't work, do something else. No idea is too crazy.
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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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Even a little dog can piss on a big building.
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The water won't clear up until we get the hogs out of the creek.
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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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You have to learn to read between the lies.
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Ronald Reagan's idea of a good farm program was Hee Haw.
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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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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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The [Democratic] party is a bank. It collects money and gives it to TV stations.
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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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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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