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The water won't clear up until we get the hogs out of the creek.
Jim Hightower
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Jim Hightower
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: January 11
Columnist
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Politician
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Denison
Texas
James Hightower
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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The corporations don't have to lobby the government anymore. They are the government.
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You have to learn to read between the lies.
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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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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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If ignorance goes to forty dollars a barrel, I want drilling rights to George Bush's head.
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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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Becoming a politician is the only step down I could take from being a journalist.
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The issue isn't just jobs. Even slaves had jobs. The issue is wages.
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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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It may be the rooster that does all the crowing but it's the hen that delivers the goods.
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America was not built by conformists, but by mutineers.
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The [Democratic] party is a bank. It collects money and gives it to TV stations.
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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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Even a little dog can piss on a big building.
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