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

Quote by Jim Hightower

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The only difference between a pigeon and the American farmer today is that a pigeon...

The only difference between a pigeon and the American farmer today is that a pigeon...

So now is the time, more than ever, for those who truly value all the...

So now is the time, more than ever, for those who truly value all the...

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

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

It's hard to believe President George Bush gave a speech in New Orleans about disaster...

It's hard to believe President George Bush gave a speech in New Orleans about disaster...

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

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

The Bible declares that on the sixth day God created man. Right then and there,...

The Bible declares that on the sixth day God created man. Right then and there,...

But, as my mother used to tell me, two wrongs don't make a right. But...

But, as my mother used to tell me, two wrongs don't make a right. But...

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

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

Little ol' boy in the Panhandle told me the other day you can still make...

Little ol' boy in the Panhandle told me the other day you can still make...

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

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

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

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

Democracy is not something that happens, you know, just at election time, and it's not...

Democracy is not something that happens, you know, just at election time, and it's not...

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

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

The good news, though, is that I find in my political travels that people, as...

The good news, though, is that I find in my political travels that people, as...

But the good news is that out in the countryside, just about every place that's...

But the good news is that out in the countryside, just about every place that's...

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

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

Do something. If it doesn't work, do something else. No idea is too crazy.

Do something. If it doesn't work, do something else. No idea is too crazy.

Even the smallest dog can lift its leg on the tallest building.

Even the smallest dog can lift its leg on the tallest building.

There's enormous progressive activism and, more often than not, success at the grassroots level -...

There's enormous progressive activism and, more often than not, success at the grassroots level -...

The middle of the road is for yellow lines and dead armadillos.

The middle of the road is for yellow lines and dead armadillos.