The whole story of human history is: The blasphemy of today is the commonplace of tomorrow.
Ralph NaderOurs is a system of corporate socialism, where companies capitalize their profits and socialize their lossesโฆin effect, they tax you for their accidents, bungling, boondoggles, and mismanagement, just like a government. We should be able to deselect them.
Ralph NaderA citizenship of wholesale delegation and abdication to public and private power systems, such as prevails now, makes such periodic checks as elections little more than rituals.
Ralph Nader[As a child] I was very interested in books that detailed injustice and how people who are underdogs were mistreated throughout history.
Ralph NaderIn this rigged, two-party system, third parties almost never win a national election. It's obvious what our function is in this constricted oligarchy of two corporate-indentured parties - to push hitherto taboo issues onto the public stage, to build for a future, to get a young generation in, keep the progressive agenda alive, push the two parties a little bit on this issue and that.
Ralph Nader