I think we should make a closer link between domestic policy and an interventionist militaristic foreign policy.
Ralph NaderNothing can stop the power of an informed citizenry when it is empowered, organized, and motivated.
Ralph NaderYou [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 NaderEnding police brutality and mass incarceration. There is a growing left-right support for criminal justice reform.
Ralph NaderWe 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 NaderSince I was a law student, I have been against the death penalty. It does not deter. It is severely discriminatory against minorities, especially since they're given no competent legal counsel defense in many cases. It's a system that has to be perfect. You cannot execute one innocent person. No system is perfect. And to top it off, for those of you who are interested in the economics it, it costs more to pursue a capital case toward execution than it does to have full life imprisonment without parole.
Ralph Nader