Jim Hightower Quotes

When we empower our communities, we are all better off.

We all do better when we all do better.

Every American is dependent on every other American; that no segment of our people can prosper without the prosperity of all; that in truth we must all go forward together.

We have made great strides, but somehow we've got to create a climate so that everybody can do well, not just some.

What it missing, I think, is this notion of the common good.

Agreeing to share prosperity, rather than let it divide us, is infinitely preferable to the alternative.

The success of each of us benefits us all, and the success of us all benefits each of us individually.

You see, without hard work and responsibility, there is no American Dream. Hard work lays the foundation. Our solidarity makes work pay - for all of us. For the greater good. That's what our vision of shared prosperity is all about.

This Government intends no injury to honest business. The processes we follow in seeking social justice do not, in adding to general prosperity, take from one and give to another. In this modern world, the spreading out of opportunity ought not to consist of robbing Peter to pay Paul. In other words, we are concerned with more than mere subtraction and addition. We are concerned with multiplication also -- multiplication of wealth through cooperative action, wealth in which all can share.

No longer need capitalist and worker, farmer and clerk, city and countryside, struggle to divide our bounty. By working shoulder to shoulder, together we can increase the bounty of all.

We Democrats think the country works better with a strong middle class, real opportunities for poor people to work their way into it and a relentless focus on the future, with business and government working together to promote growth and broadly shared prosperity. We think "we're all in this together" is a better philosophy than "you're on your own”.

No sustainable prosperity or security can be attained at the expense or marginalization of others. Indeed, in today’s world, humanity will either triumph or fail as a whole.

I rejoice in the success of others, knowing that there is plenty for us all.

Building a startup community is not a zero-sum game in which there are winners and losers: if everyone engages, they and the entire community can all be winners.

We have to focus on how do we ensure the economy works for everybody, and not just a few.

We're all better off...when we're all better off.

We find as our interdependence increases that, on the whole, we do better when other people do better as well.

We want an economy that grows health and wellbeing, not debt and carbon emissions. An economy that prepares and protects us from shocks to come, rather than making them worse. An economy that shares resources to meet all our needs, regardless of background. An economy that lets us live.

Creating wealth is not an end in itself. It needs to be shared by all.

It's time to put back on the agenda the importance of public ownership and public good, the value of working together collaboratively, not in competition.

Practical European socialists have embraced the idea that the government has a role in healthcare and in supporting strong transportation systems that do not depend entirely on individual motor vehicles. And it turns out we're all socialists now, and there are very few Americans who understand that.

I am committed to the safety and development of every community and region in the state.

What people demand is what the policies serve.

In a sensibly organised society, if you improve productivity, there is room for everybody to benefit.

I think the basis - the foundation - has already been laid for a society where people will work together and enjoy the wealth of the whole nation together. I think this will be accomplished because this is the theme of the revolutionary government's program.