Approach Quote by Jim Hightower

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

Populism is the simple premise that markets need to be restrained by society and by a democratic political system. We are not socialists or…

— Molly Ivins

A populist is someone who fights for common sense economic policies that sustain and expand the middle class.

— Bruce Braley

“Populism is not conservatism, which by definition entails resistance to public whims. Conservatives who seek to use populism for their own ends inevitably make…

— Bret Stephens

The rise of populism has steadily coalesced movements of millions of people around its divisive us-against-them rhetoric, motivating so many more people to become…

— Jo Swinson

Throughout the west, the rise of populism has shaken establishments, with politicians and commentators asking why there has been a resurgent interest in socialism,…

— Dawn Foster

American populism is no stranger to our political life. From the earliest anti-Federalists to William Jennings Bryan, Huey Long, and George Wallace, and many…

— Rick Wilson

One thing that's important to point out is that this kind of populism has a long and mixed history. It's part of this tradition…

— Astra Taylor

If populism means reducing the gap between the people and the elite, giving sovereignty - the fullness of sovereignty - back to the people,…

— Giuseppe Conte

As long as inequality and other social problems plague us, populists will try to exploit them.

— Kofi Annan

“Populism actually reinforces this elitism, because the celebration of ignorance cannot launch communications satellites, negotiate the rights of US citizens overseas, or provide for…

— Thomas M. Nichols

“Populism is ultimately sustained by the frustrated exasperation of ordinary people, by the cry "I don't know what's going on, but I've just had…

— Slavoj Žižek