Quotes by Jim Hightower

Even a little dog can piss on a big building.
– Jim Hightower
Little ol' boy in the Panhandle told me the other day you can still make a small fortune in agriculture. Problem is, you got to start with a large one.
– Jim Hightower
Politics isn't about left versus right; it's about top versus bottom.
– Jim Hightower
Republicans are so empty-headed, they wouldn't make a good landfill.
– Jim Hightower
The Bible declares that on the sixth day God created man. Right then and there, God should have demanded a damage deposit.
– Jim Hightower
The only difference between a pigeon and the American farmer today is that a pigeon can still make a deposit on a John Deere.
– Jim Hightower
There's nothing in the middle of the road but yellow stripes and dead armadillos.
– Jim Hightower
When I entered politics, I took the only downward turn you could take from journalism.
– Jim Hightower
This is a matter of public health. The public was sick and tired of DeLay and his corruption.
– 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.
– Jim Hightower
The opposite for courage is not cowardice, it is conformity. Even a dead fish can go with the flow.
– Jim Hightower
The corporations don't have to lobby the government anymore. They are the government.
– 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.
– Jim Hightower