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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.
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.
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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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When I entered politics, I took the only downward turn you could take from journalism.
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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 ignorance goes to forty dollars a barrel, I want drilling rights to George Bush's head.
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The corporations don't have to lobby the government anymore. They are the government.
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Even the smallest dog can lift its leg on the tallest building.
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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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Republicans are so empty-headed, they wouldn't make a good landfill.
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Becoming a politician is the only step down I could take from being a journalist.
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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.
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The issue isn't just jobs. Even slaves had jobs. The issue is wages.
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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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You have to learn to read between the lies.
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If you don't speak out when it matters, when would it matter to speak out?
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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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You can't do progressive government from the inside. You have to rally those outsiders and make them a force.
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Do something. If it doesn't work, do something else. No idea is too crazy.
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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.
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