Jim Hightower

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

This is a matter of public health. The public was sick and tired of DeLay and his corruption.

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

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.

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