The corporate lobby in Washington is basically designed to stifle all legislative activity on behalf of consumers. – Ralph Nader
John D. Rockefeller wanted to dominate oil, but Microsoft wants it all, you name it: cable, media, banking, car dealerships. – Ralph Nader
No presidential candidate should visit Las Vegas without condemning organized gambling. – Ralph Nader
It is fascinating to watch legislators turn away from their usual corporate grips when they hear the growing thunder of the people. – 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
The only difference between the Republican and Democratic parties is the velocities with which their knees hit the floor when corporations knock on their door. That’s the only difference. – Ralph Nader
For almost seventy years the life insurance industry has been a smug sacred cow feeding the public a steady line of sacred bull. – Ralph Nader
The liberal intelligentsia has allowed its party to become a captive of corporate interests. – Ralph Nader
The nation is faced with one of the most corporate-orientated anti-consumer Congresses in our history. – Ralph Nader
The use of solar energy has not been opened up because the oil industry does not own the sun. – 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
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 their future employers. The money of vested interest nullifies genuine voter choice and trust. – 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
Once you don’t vote your ideals… that has serious undermining affects. It erodes the moral basis of our democracy. – 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 why after every cycle the ‘least worst’ gets worse. – Ralph Nader
I start with the premise that the function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers. – Ralph Nader
