Ralph Nader

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

“For almost seventy years the life insurance industry has been a smug sacred cow feeding the public a steady line of sacred bull.”

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

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

“The use of solar energy has not been opened up because the oil industry does not own the sun.”

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

“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.”

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

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

“No presidential candidate should visit Las Vegas without condemning organized gambling.”

“The networks are not some chicken-coop manufacturing lobby whose calls nobody returns.”

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

“It is fascinating to watch legislators turn away from their usual corporate grips when they hear the growing thunder of the people.”

“The nation is faced with one of the most corporate-orientated anti-consumer Congresses in our history.”

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

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

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