Jim Hightower Quotes

United States, Columnist
January 11, 1943

James Allen Hightower (born January 11, 1943) is an American syndicated columnist, progressive political activist, and author. From 1983 to 1991 he served as elected commissioner of the Texas Department of Agriculture.

Also known as Activist, Author

It's hard for the donkeys to win the race if they're going to carry the elephants on their backs.

Jim Hightower
The water won't clear up until we get the hogs out of the creek.

Jim Hightower
- Up
- Water

But the good news is that out in the countryside, just about every place that's got a zip code has somebody or some group of people battling the economic and political exclusion that Wall Street and Washington are shoving down our throats.

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- People
- Good
- Political
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.

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- Success
Here come the Democrats, again, you know, just weaker than Canadian hot sauce. You know? Offering a little reform. I saw one of the Senators, Democrats, saying, we're going to have a robust disclosure program. Oh, good. They're going to tell us they're stealing from us. But at least we're going to know.

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- Good
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 and having discussions. They want to hear about other viewpoints that differ entirely from what the administration is putting out.

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- People
- Good
- Together
The issue isn't just jobs. Even slaves had jobs. The issue is wages.

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