Ralph Nader
Ralph Nader
Ralph Nader is an American political activist, as well as an author, lecturer, and attorney. Areas of particular concern to Nader include consumer protection, humanitarianism, environmentalism, and democratic government...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth27 February 1934
CityWinsted, CT
CountryUnited States of America
stifling consumers behalf
The corporate lobby in Washington is basically designed to stifle all legislative activity on behalf of consumers.
jobs leader today
The job of a leader today is not to create followers. It’s to create more leaders.
years people democracy
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.
country educational years
We have the most prolonged adolescence in the history of mankind. There is no other society that requires so many years to pass before people are grown up ... Adolescence is nurtured and prolonged by educational processes and by industry that has found a bonanza in embracing the adolescent population and fortifying 'adolescent values.' This prolongation of adolescence robs the country of the population group having the most risk takers, and the highest ideals.
our-generation abolition-of-slavery rights
Justice needs money; it always has . . . whether for abolition of slavery and early women's rights movements or the civil rights and environmental drives of our generation.
political accountability secrecy
Secrecy destroys accountability.
commitment leisure enjoy
I enjoy my work so much that I have to be pulled away from my work into leisure.
light anchors vision
She was the light of our lives, our anchor, compass and vision.
hype government people
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.
injustice lawyer empty
As a public interest lawyer, your fund of injustice will never be empty.
sex dirty reality
Like sex in Victorian England, the reality of Big Business today is our big dirty secret.
las-vegas gambling presidential
No presidential candidate should visit Las Vegas without condemning organized gambling.
expression humanity moral
Moral courage is the highest expression of humanity ...
issues racism focus
Whatever your issue is, whether it's racism or homophobia or policy issues or taxes or urban decay or health care, you're not going to go anywhere with it if we don't focus on the concentration of power.