Sanctions against polluters are feeble and out of date, and are rarely invoked.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

Turn on to politics, or politics will turn on you.
Ralph Nader

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

Your best teacher is your last mistake.
Ralph Nader

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

Addiction should never be treated as a crime. It has to be treated as a health problem. We do not send alcoholics to jail in this country. Over 500,000 people are in our jails who are nonviolent drug users.
Ralph Nader

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

There can be no daily democracy without daily citizenship.
Ralph Nader