Ralph Nader Quotes

"Bush and Gore talk incessantly about caring for children, but they're not following through with action."

"We don't have a democracy. An election is supposed to involve choice. We don't have a choice."

"I think if Gore does Bush in on the first debate, Bush would be smart to open it up to four debates. Because if he can't handle Al Gore maybe he wants to let me do the job."

"After careful thought and my desire to retire our supremely selected president, I've decided to run as an independent candidate for president, ... Meet the Press."

"He should be held accountable by voters for eight years of principles betrayed and promises broken."

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

"The bill is anti-consumer and anti-community, ... It will mean higher prices and fewer choices for low-, moderate- and middle-income families across the nation."

"The dominant institution in this country is the giant corporation."

"Gore beat Gore, ... He didn't get Tennessee, his home state. That would have made him president. And he blundered in Florida and didn't ask for a statewide recount."

"This country has far more problems than it deserves and far more solutions than it applies."

"I think the American people are going to fall asleep watching the drab debate the dreary."

"Why are these two men afraid? They should overcome their fear of facing new ideas and alternative voices, and open the process for the American people,"

"It's just breaking us up. The heart that's been beating since 1906 couldn't make it until (Feb. 7). She put a lot of forces into motion directly and through her children that I think created a lot of improvement in our country."

"Often you used the name of your home town as a metaphor for your 1992 presidential campaign, 'The man from Hope. Well, I am sure that many Katrina-displaced families now homeless, or huddling with friends or relatives or in shacks wish that you would give them some hope."

"Ford Motor Company's sluggish and piecemeal approach to its automotive responsibilities betrays motorists' safety."

"She was the light of our lives, our anchor, compass and vision."

"A leader has the vision and conviction that a dream can be achieved. He inspires the power and energy to get it done."

"We now have a two-party system that is overwhelmed with its own arrogance and complacency, ... It offers little more than Band-Aids for some of the nation's problems and does not project a sense of confidence among the American people."

"We can't simply stand by idly and watch democracy and our government be turned over to the commercial interests of the giant corporations who have forgotten where they came from, which is the U.S.A.."

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