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A leader has the vision and conviction that a dream can be achieved. He inspires the power and energy to get it done.
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The use of solar energy has not been opened up because the oil industry does not own the sun.
Ralph Nader
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We must strive to become good ancestors.
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The 1963 Corvair, which has some remarkable characteristics. It's one of the few cars I know that can do the bossa nova on dry pavement and the watusi on wet.
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A society that has more justice is a society that needs less charity.
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I start with the premise that the function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers.
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The function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers.
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This country has far more problems than it deserves and far more solutions than it applies.
Ralph Nader
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Let's not just look at it as taking votes away from Gore. Our support comes from a lot of people.
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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.
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Our founders did not oust George III in order for us to crown Richard I.
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Sanctions against polluters are feeble and out of date, and are rarely invoked.
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The nation is faced with one of the most corporate-orientated anti-consumer Congresses in our history.
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For almost seventy years the life insurance industry has been a smug sacred cow feeding the public a steady line of sacred bull.
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Like knowing hostages, the AFL-CIO and its unions march in tandem to endorse the Democratic presidential nominees early in the primary season. They have given up their capacity for negotiation, so frightened are they of the Republicans. Meanwhile, the rank-and-file workers suffer their dwindling status in silence.
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There can be no daily democracy without daily citizenship.
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People are stunned to hear that one company has data files on 185 million Americans.
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Your best teacher is your last mistake.
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Power has to be insecure to be responsive.
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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.
Ralph Nader
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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.
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It is fascinating to watch legislators turn away from their usual corporate grips when they hear the growing thunder of the people.
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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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The networks are not some chicken-coop manufacturing lobby whose calls nobody returns.
Ralph Nader