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" 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

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" 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.' "

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

" 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. "

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

" Turn on to politics, or politics will turn on you. "

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

" There can be no daily democracy without daily citizenship. "

" 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. "

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

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

" For almost seventy years the life insurance industry has been a smug sacred cow feeding the public a steady line of sacred bull. "

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

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

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" Your best teacher is your last mistake. "

" 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. "

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

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

" The function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers. "

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

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

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Age

I See

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

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