Jim Hightower
Jim Hightower
James Allen "Jim" Hightoweris an American syndicated columnist, progressive political activist, and author who served from 1983 to 1991 as the elected commissioner of the Texas Department of Agriculture...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionActivist
Date of Birth11 January 1943
CountryUnited States of America
american-activist courage dead fish matter opposite speak
If you do not speak up when it matters, when would it matter that you speak? The opposite of courage is conformity. Even a dead fish can go with the flow.
speaks-out matter speak
If you don't speak out when it matters, when would it matter to speak out?
speaking-up democracy principles
So now is the time, more than ever, for those who truly value all the principles of democracy, especially including dissent, to be the most forceful in speaking up, standing up and speaking out.
mistakes
We just made a lot of mistakes in the jamboree,
consistent few missed next plays regroup
We just had a few plays missed by a hair. We weren't consistent on offense. We need to regroup and see if we can be a little better next week.
There won't be any trick-or-treating with him this year,
allowing defense dominated ended rushing six super total yards
Our defense dominated most of the night. We ended up allowing -20 yards rushing and six yards of total offense. The defense did a super job.
american-activist dead middle road stripes yellow
There's nothing in the middle of the road but yellow stripes and dead armadillos.
eliminate good great mistakes playing tradition
Like us, Carencro is playing a lot of sophomores. They have great tradition and they're very talented. We'll have to eliminate our mistakes so we can give them a good game.
american-activist attack democracy harsh rather september
I think democracy is under attack in our country. I think it was under attack before September 11th, and now is under rather harsh attack.
goes heart
My heart goes out to all those people,
american-activist
If you don't speak out now when it matters, when would it matter for you to speak out?
populist
If you can't be a populist in Arkansas, you ain't going to be a populist in Washington.
american-activist middle stripe
There's nothing in the middle of the road but a yellow stripe and dead armadillos.