Jim Hightower Quotes

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• Organic agriculture is more about fairness and respect than it is about parts-per-billion of pesticide residues
• 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…
• Do something. If it doesn't work, do something else. No idea is too crazy.
• The corporation cannot be ethical, its only responsibility is to make a profit.
• Even a little dog can piss on a big building.
• Good wages are pro business, since they reduce turnover, increase morale, produce better-skilled employees, and improve productivity.
• Politics isn't about left versus right; it's about top versus bottom.
• Some people say we need a third party. I wish we had a second one.
• America was not built by conformists, but by mutineers.
• When Rick Perry says I can do for America what I've done for Texas, pay attention. That's no idle threat.
• The good news, though, is that I find in my political travels that people, as regular citizens, are more interested than ever in getting together…
• What's new is that the White House itself has now been corporatized. It's not politicians working for the corporate interests. They are the corporate interests.…
• When I entered politics, I took the only downward turn you could take from journalism.
• 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…
• 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…
• It may be the rooster that does all the crowing but it's the hen that delivers the goods.
• If you don't speak out when it matters, when would it matter to speak out?
• Even a dead fish can go with the flow.
• It's an essential fight librarians are making, an age-old fight; yours is a battle for civilization. It's a fight for our country's founding values.
• Liberals want to manage the damage with government programs to take care of those who have fallen between the cracks. Populists want to fix the…

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