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

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

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

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

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

John D. Rockefeller wanted to dominate oil, but Microsoft wants it all, you name it: cable, media, banking, car dealerships.
Ralph Nader

Let's not just look at it as taking votes away from Gore. Our support comes from a lot of people.
Ralph Nader

Like sex in Victorian England, the reality of Big Business today is our big dirty secret.
Ralph Nader


No presidential candidate should visit Las Vegas without condemning organized gambling.
Ralph Nader

Once you don't vote your ideals... that has serious undermining affects. It erodes the moral basis of our democracy.
Ralph Nader

Our founders did not oust George III in order for us to crown Richard I.
Ralph Nader

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

Power has to be insecure to be responsive.
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

Sanctions against polluters are feeble and out of date, and are rarely invoked.
Ralph Nader

The corporate lobby in Washington is basically designed to stifle all legislative activity on behalf of consumers.
Ralph Nader

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

The liberal intelligentsia has allowed its party to become a captive of corporate interests.
Ralph Nader