Every time I see something terrible, it's like I see it at age 19. I keep a freshness that way. Ralph Nader More Quotes by Ralph Nader More Quotes From Ralph Nader I think most people would like that: probably comes in about ninety percent. They see their public works crumbling, services inadequate, they have libraries and schools and bridges and highways that have not been repaired. Ralph Nader bridges school thinking Congress is the great enabler, constitutionally, for progressive society, and it's the great graveyard, the way it's been behaving, against a prosperous society, or another billionaire or two. Ralph Nader progressive-society two way Fifteen dollars an hour minimum wage. That was one of the reasons why so many people flocked to Bernie Sanders candidacy. Ralph Nader minimum-wage dollars people People have got to show up, showing up at meetings, rallies, marches, City Council, courtrooms. You've got to show up. Ralph Nader showing-up cities people Militaristic foreign policy is destroying America. Ralph Nader foreign-policy destroying america I think we should make a closer link between domestic policy and an interventionist militaristic foreign policy. Ralph Nader should links thinking The debate corporation is a corporation. It's funded by corporations. It's relayed by media corporations to the public. It's created by the two parties, which are corporations. We should have public presidential debates all over America run by public institutions. Ralph Nader media party running When I go up there, I see coal lobbyists, oil lobbyists, natural gas lobbyists, nuclear power lobbyists, somehow they think that's where the action is in Congress. Ralph Nader lobbyists oil thinking Business of blurring is fantastic. They both are playing the politics of avoidance. They avoid all the issues on corporate power, Iraq, Palestine, Israel, so on and so forth. They avoid all those. That's the politics of avoidance. All the major issues that are so much on people's minds - health care, living wage, public works, jobs - they avoid. Ralph Nader iraq israel jobs The true danger is the expansion of empire and the huge diversion of public budgets overseas at the neglect of domestic necessities, including, for example, a major public works program to employ millions of people. The Democrats want that. The Republicans may be pressured from back home to want it, but it hasn't happened yet under the Obama administration. Ralph Nader expansion home people People are interested in family traditions, and I think a lot of families can benefit from some of the ways that my parents dealt with the challenges of raising four kids. Ralph Nader kids people thinking I finally came to Washington. That's when something happened. The Motor Vehicle Act of 1966, even though it was irregularly enforced - sometimes very little under Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan - it saved over 200,000 lives, millions of injuries prevented or reduced in severity. Ralph Nader injury vehicle sometimes There's no better policy in a society then pursuing a health and safety of its people. Ralph Nader policy safety people What's interesting is this election year has made the citizen groups off-limits. All these citizen groups? - local, state, national? - that really do things and improve the country, they're never asked to be in these electoral campaign discussions. Ralph Nader country years interesting I think most Americans are against illegal surveillance of their emails and telephone calls by the government. Ralph Nader email government thinking I suppose the Green Party doesn't care for the anti-civil libertarian provisions of the notoriously named Patriot Act, invading privacy, and being able to search your home, and not tell you for 72 hours. Ralph Nader green party home [Jill Stein] want a global treaty to halt climate change that adds teeth and ends destructive energy extraction. Ralph Nader climate energy want You [Jill Stein] want to do something about student debt. And that affects conservative and liberal students. That's going to be a majoritarian position. Ralph Nader debt conservative want That could be a high water mark for the Green Party in its history. What two states, I can only guess, aren't you going to be on because of horrendous obstacles to getting on the ballot. Ralph Nader party water two I hear people who are worried about climate change tell me, oh, Congress that's gridlock, that's not where the action is. Ralph Nader climate action people
