Water is the most precious, limited natural resource we have in this country...But because water belongs to no one - except the people - special interests, including government polluters, use it as their private sewers. Ralph Nader More Quotes by Ralph Nader More Quotes From Ralph Nader We have an underdeveloped democracy and overdeveloped plutocracy. Ralph Nader plutocracydemocracy President [ Dwight] Eisenhower warned us, five star general, he said watch out for the military-industrial complex. That's a threat to our freedom, to our economy, and what we have now is a gigantic taxpayer draining empire that is devouring itself, which, as you say, it's creating more resistance, more fighting, against us oversees. Ralph Nader fightingstarsmilitary There is not enough self-consciousness about what a family can be, about what it can inherit from forbearers, and what new traditions it can start as a contributor to the community. Ralph Nader consciousnesscommunityself It's not a cost of doing business when the corporation executives go to jail, and that's why they fight so hard to make sure the prosecutors' budget are very limited and that the campaign cash-greased lawmakers keep defending them against being held accountable. Ralph Nader jailcampaignsfighting A wasteful defense is a weak defense. Ralph Nader defenseweak For anybody here who's very worried about domestic priorities, just consider we have created, with this war on terrorism, more fighters, more countries embroiled. They're learning new weapons. They're learning new techniques. They're coming here in social media. The lone wolf thing is expanding. And once that blows here, then forget about domestic priorities. Ralph Nader blowwarcountry The essence of globalization is a subordination of human rights, of labor rights, consumer, environmental rights, democracy rights, to the imperatives of global trade and investment. Ralph Nader democracyessencerights We have a Democratic Party that cannot defend the American people from the worst Republican Party in history because it's a Democratic Party of war and Wall Street. Ralph Nader wallpartywar Obviously, the answer to oil spills is to paper-train the tankers. Ralph Nader oilpaperanswers Let's run through the various ways they're trying to marginalize the Green Party and even the Libertarian Party. One way is to keep you off the mass media. Ralph Nader mediapartyrunning National security is the fig leaf against freedom of information. Ralph Nader figsleafsinformation Now unless you have billions of dollars, it's impossible to reach tens of millions of American people no matter how hard you campaign. Ralph Nader dollarscampaignspeople It's all these pundits, all these consultants, and the candidates, as if they're in a bubble leaving democracy off-limits. Ralph Nader democracyleavinglimits Nuclear power must be dealt with irrationally. . . . Nuclear plants are carcinogens. Let's get that story out. . . . Their lies will catch up to them. We need endless Chernobyl reminders. Ralph Nader nuclearlyingneeds Both [Donald] Trump and Hillary [Clinton] want bigger military budgets and Hillary supports President Obama's one trillion dollar expenditure to so-called upgrade nuclear weapons. P Ralph Nader supportmilitarypresident If you're kept off the debates, you can't reach more two percent of people even if you campaign every state and fill the big conventions like Madison Square Garden. Ralph Nader gardensquarestwo Like sex in Victorian England, the reality of Big Business today is our big dirty secret. Ralph Nader sexrealitydirty We have two parties who are basically hijacking our country for their corporate paymasters. And if we focus on 535 members of Congress, that's not all that many, we're going to see a fast turnaround. So focus all your concerns, all the information, the kind of agenda the Green Party has. Turn it right on your Senators and Representatives. Ralph Nader partytwocountry Jill Stein, is - and I'll make it in a personal way - over eighty percent of the people when I ran for President knew about me but then I realized that when I was running, eighty percent of the people didn't even know I was running. Ralph Nader presidentrunningpeople I always say there's no ticket of admission for active citizenship. Anybody can get through that gate, and anybody can ask that basic question that gets the ball rolling. Ralph Nader citizenshipgates
