Ralph Nader

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

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

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

When strangers start acting like neighbors... communities are reinvigorated.

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

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.

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.

The shortcomings of America's political leaders do not stop at our borders.

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.'

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

There can be no daily democracy without daily citizenship.

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