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

- Ralph Nader

Founders, Richard, George, III

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

- Ralph Nader

Activity, Corporate, Lobby, Stifle

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

Trust, Against, Voters, Vested

Every time I see something terrible, it's like I see it at age 19. I keep a freshness that way.

- Ralph Nader

Something, Like, I See, Freshness

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

Insurance, Been, Almost, Smug

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

- Ralph Nader

Away, Grips, Usual, Legislators

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

- Ralph Nader

Vegas, Candidate, Las Vegas, Condemning

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

- Ralph Nader

Some, Lobby, Calls, Manufacturing

Sanctions against polluters are feeble and out of date, and are rarely invoked.

- Ralph Nader

Date, Against, Feeble, Sanctions

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

- Ralph Nader

Dirty, England, Big, Big Business

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

- Ralph Nader

History, Nation, Most, Faced

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

- Ralph Nader

Media, Microsoft, Dominate, Rockefeller

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

- Ralph Nader

Start, Neighbors, Like, Communities

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

Deep, Drop, Powerlessness, Spells

The only difference between the Republican and Democratic parties is the velocities with which their knees hit the floor when corporations knock on their door. That's the only difference.

- Ralph Nader

Door, Which, Only Difference, Corporations

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

- Ralph Nader

Business, Think, Separation, Corporations

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

Politics, Need, Dad, Party

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

- Ralph Nader

Undermining, Ideals, Affects, Vote

Power has to be insecure to be responsive.

- Ralph Nader

Power, Insecure, Responsive

If God hadn't meant for us to eat sugar, he wouldn't have invented dentists.

- Ralph Nader

God, Eat, Meant, Invented

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

- Ralph Nader

Corporate, Allowed, Captive, Intelligentsia

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

- Ralph Nader

Been, Use, Oil Industry, Energy

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

People, Promise, Reagan, Demands

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

- Ralph Nader

More, Followers, Function, Premise

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

- Ralph Nader

Look, Away, Our, Gore

We must strive to become good ancestors.

- Ralph Nader

Good, Strive, Must, Ancestors

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

Vision, Leader, Dream, Inspires

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

- Ralph Nader

Technology, Data, Stunned, Million

There can be no daily democracy without daily citizenship.

- Ralph Nader

Daily, Democracy, Without, Citizenship

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

- Ralph Nader

Charity, Society, Needs, Less

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