Jim Hightower

“You don't get what you deserve, you get what you organize for.”

“If ignorance is bliss, Washington is a city of ecstatic people.”

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

“The good Lord gave us two ends: one to sit on and one to think with. The fate of humanity depends on which one we use more.”

“Politics is not a spectator sport.”

“The real issue is not whether you are a liberal or a conservative, but whether you are on top or on the bottom.”

“The first rule of holes: when you're in one, stop digging.”

“If you're not in the parade, you're the pavement.”

“The opposite of courage is not cowardice, it's conformity. Even a dead fish can go with the flow.”

“Doing nothing is not an option.”

“Even if you are on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there.”

“Hope is not a lottery ticket, it's a hammer.”