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James Allen Hightower 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. Wikipedia  

✵ 11. January 1943
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Famous Jim Hightower Quotes

“Populism is at its essence […] just determined focus on helping people be able to get out of the iron grip of the corporate power that is overwhelming our economy, our environment, energy, the media, government. […] One big difference between real populism and what the Tea Party thing is, is that real populists understand that government has become a subsidiary of corporations. So you can't say, let's get rid of government. You need to be saying let's take over government.”

Jim Hightower

Interview by Bill Moyers, Bill Moyers Journal, 30 April 2010 ( transcript http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/04302010/transcript2.html, video http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/04302010/watch2.html)

“There's nothing in the middle of the road but a yellow stripe and dead armadillos.”

Jim Hightower

There's Nothing in the Middle of the Road but Yellow Stripes and Dead Armadillos (1998)

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

Jim Hightower

Greg Palast, The Best Democracy Money Can Buy (2002), p. 141

“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.”

Jim Hightower

Bill Moyers Journal, 30 April 2010

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

Jim Hightower

Americans who tell the truth http://www.americanswhotellthetruth.org/pgs/portraits/Jim_Hightower.html, portrait.

“If you do not speak up when it matters, when would it matter that you speak? The opposite of courage is conformity. Even a dead fish can go with the flow.”

Jim Hightower

[A celebration of agitation, Arizona Daily Star, 2002-07-26]

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

Jim Hightower

Bill Moyers Journal, 30 April 2010

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