113 Quotes by 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.

Organic agriculture is more about fairness and respect than it is about parts-per-billion of pesticide residues.

But, as my mother used to tell me, two wrongs don’t make a right. But I soon figured out that three left turns do.

We’ve got to go to the people with bold ideas and candidates of conviction – we’ve got to be hotter than high school love.

Republicans are so empty-headed, they wouldn’t make a good landfill.

It’s an essential fight librarians are making, an age-old fight; yours is a battle for civilization. It’s a fight for our country’s founding values.

When Rick Perry says I can do for America what I’ve done for Texas, pay attention. That’s no idle threat.

Ronald Reagan’s idea of a good farm program was Hee Haw.

Well, I’ve been in the political arena all of my life, and 10 years of that as a candidate and elected official, and that’s about enough.