Becoming a politician is the only step down I could take from being a journalist. — Jim Hightower Copy Share Image
When I entered politics, I took the only downward turn you could take from journalism. — Jim Hightower Copy Share Image
Republicans are so empty-headed, they wouldn't make a good landfill. — Jim Hightower Copy Share Image
We've got to go to the people with bold ideas and candidates of conviction - we've got to be hotter than high… — Jim Hightower Copy Share Image
If ignorance goes to forty dollars a barrel, I want drilling rights to George Bush's head. — Jim Hightower Copy Share Image
Liberals want to manage the damage with government programs to take care of those who have fallen between the cracks. Populists want… — Jim Hightower Copy Share Image
Populism is not a style, it's a people's rebellion against the iron grip that big corporations have on our country - including… — Jim Hightower Copy Share Image
Well, I've been in the political arena all of my life, and 10 years of that as a candidate and elected official,… — Jim Hightower Copy Share Image
What's new is that the White House itself has now been corporatized. It's not politicians working for the corporate interests. They are… — Jim Hightower Copy Share Image
Populism is at its essence just determined focus on helping people be able to get out of the iron grip of the… — Jim Hightower Copy Share Image
The corporations don't have to lobby the government anymore. They are the government. — Jim Hightower Copy Share Image
You can't do progressive government from the inside. You have to rally those outsiders and make them a force. — Jim Hightower Copy Share Image
Politics isn't about left versus right; it's about top versus bottom. — Jim Hightower Copy Share Image
The good news, though, is that I find in my political travels that people, as regular citizens, are more interested than ever… — Jim Hightower Copy Share Image
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… — Jim Hightower Copy Share Image
It's hard to believe President George Bush gave a speech in New Orleans about disaster recovery and failed to mention the word 'farm' or… — Jim Hightower Copy Share Image
Do something. If it doesn't work, do something else. No idea is too crazy. — Jim Hightower Copy Share Image
The opposite for courage is not cowardice, it is conformity. Even a dead fish can go with the flow. — Jim Hightower Copy Share Image
Populism is not a style, it's a people's rebellion against the iron grip that big corporations have on our country - including our economy,… — Jim Hightower Copy Share Image
There's enormous progressive activism and, more often than not, success at the grassroots level - everything from living wage campaigns to efforts to finance… — Jim Hightower Copy Share Image
If it's dangerous to talk to yourself, it's probably even dicier to listen. — Jim Hightower Copy Share Image
Liberals want to manage the damage with government programs to take care of those who have fallen between the cracks. Populists want to fix… — Jim Hightower Copy Share Image
Populists have always been out to challenge the orthodoxy of the corporate order and to empower workaday Americans so they can control their own… — Jim Hightower Copy Share Image
