The original Greek word "idiotes" referred to people who might have had a high IQ, but were so self-involved that they focused exclusively on their own life and were both ignorant of and uncaring about public concerns and the common good.
What created democracy was Thomas Paine and Shays Rebellion, the suffragists and the abolitionists and on down through the populists and the labor mo… - Jim Hightower
What created democracy was Thomas Paine and Shays Rebellion, the suffragists and the abolitionists and on down through the populists and the labor mo…
- Jim Hightower
Even a dead fish can go with the flow. - Jim Hightower
Even a dead fish can go with the flow.
It may be the rooster that does all the crowing but it's the hen that delivers the goods. - Jim Hightower
It may be the rooster that does all the crowing but it's the hen that delivers the goods.
The opposite for courage is not cowardice, it is conformity. Even a dead fish can go with the flow. - Jim Hightower
The opposite for courage is not cowardice, it is conformity. Even a dead fish can go with the flow.
If you don't speak out when it matters, when would it matter to speak out? - Jim Hightower
If you don't speak out when it matters, when would it matter to speak out?
The middle of the road is for yellow lines and dead armadillos. - Jim Hightower
The middle of the road is for yellow lines and dead armadillos.
The issue isn't just jobs. Even slaves had jobs. The issue is wages. - Jim Hightower
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 bu… - Jim Hightower
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 bu…
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
The only difference between a pigeon and the American farmer today is that a pigeon can still make a deposit on a John Deere.
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