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Jim Hightower Quotes

The opposite for courage is not cowardice, it is conformity. Even a dead fish can go with the flow.

Jim Hightower

The opposite for courage is not cowardice, it is conformity. Even a dead fish can go with the flow.

Tags: courage, fish, flow, conformity

There's enormous progressive activism and, more often than not, success at the grassroots level - everything from living wage campaigns to efforts to finance our elections are having terrific success.

Jim Hightower

There's enormous progressive activism and, more often than not, success at the grassroots level - everything from living wage campaigns to efforts to finance our elections are having terrific success.

Tags: finance, success, living, progressive

About Author
James Allen Hightower (born January 11, 1943) is an American syndicated columnist, progressive political activist, and author. From 1983 to 1991 he served as the elected commissioner of the Texas Department of Agriculture. He publishes a monthly newsletter that is notable for its in-depth investigative reporting, The Hightower Lowdown.

The corporations don't have to lobby the government anymore. They are the government.

Jim Hightower

The corporations don't have to lobby the government anymore. They are the government.

Tags: government

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, government, media, and environment.

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, government, media, and environment.

Tags: government

This is a matter of public health. The public was sick and tired of DeLay and his corruption.

Jim Hightower

This is a matter of public health. The public was sick and tired of DeLay and his corruption.

Tags: health, corruption, tired, sick

Politics isn't about left versus right it's about top versus bottom.

Jim Hightower

Politics isn't about left versus right it's about top versus bottom.

Tags: politics

There's nothing in the middle of the road but yellow stripes and dead armadillos.

Jim Hightower

There's nothing in the middle of the road but yellow stripes and dead armadillos.

Tags: commitment

When I entered politics, I took the only downward turn you could take from journalism.

Jim Hightower

When I entered politics, I took the only downward turn you could take from journalism.

Tags: journalism, you, turn