“ I don't think meals have any business being deductible. I'm for separation of calories and corporations. Ralph Nader
“ Young wives are the leading asset of corporate power. They want the suburbs, a house, a settled life, and respectability. They want society to see that they have exchanged themselves for something of… Ralph Nader
“ Every time I see something terrible, it's like I see it at age 19. I keep a freshness that way. Ralph Nader
“ John D. Rockefeller wanted to dominate oil, but Microsoft wants it all, you name it: cable, media, banking, car dealerships. Ralph Nader
“ I start with the premise that the function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers. Ralph Nader
“ A leader has the vision and conviction that a dream can be achieved. He inspires the power and energy to get it done. Ralph Nader
“ I once said to my father, when I was a boy, 'Dad we need a third political party.' He said to me, 'I'll settle for a second.' Ralph Nader
“ The nation is faced with one of the most corporate-orientated anti-consumer Congresses in our history. Ralph Nader
“ Like sex in Victorian England, the reality of Big Business today is our big dirty secret. Ralph Nader
“ Up against the corporate government, voters find themselves asked to choose between look-alike candidates from two parties vying to see who takes the marching orders from their campaign paymasters and… Ralph Nader
“ Addiction should never be treated as a crime. It has to be treated as a health problem. We do not send alcoholics to jail in this country. Over 500,000 people are in our jails who are nonviolent drug… Ralph Nader
“ President Reagan was elected on the promise of getting government off the backs of the people and now he demands that government wrap itself around the waists of the people. Ralph Nader
“ The 'democracy gap' in our politics and elections spells a deep sense of powerlessness by people who drop out, do not vote, or listlessly vote for the 'least worst' every four years and then wonder wh… Ralph Nader
