Jim Hightower Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“If you can't be a populist in Arkansas, you ain't going to be a populist in Washington.”

“If you don't speak out now when it matters, when would it matter for you to speak out?”

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

“You can't do progressive government from the inside. You have to rally those outsiders and make them a force.”

“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.”

“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.”

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

“The issue isn't just jobs. Even slaves had jobs. The issue is wages.”

“Democracy is not something that happens, you know, just at election time, and it's not something that happens just with one event. It's an ongoing building process. But it also ought to be a part of our culture, a part of our lives.”

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