Ralph Nader's Quotes

I don't think meals have any business being deductible. I'm for separation of calories and corporations.

Ralph Nader

A society that has more justice is a society that needs less charity.

Ralph Nader

People are stunned to hear that one company has data files on 185 million Americans.

Ralph Nader

The function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers.

Ralph Nader

I start with the premise that the function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers.

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

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

Turn on to politics, or politics will turn on you.

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