225 Quotes by Ralph Nader

We don't measure whether an economy is developing. We just measure whether companies are selling more, whether inventories are up or down, not whether the health, safety and economic well-being of people are being advanced.

We are practicing what we preach so that we may preach what we practice.

Obviously, the answer to oil spills is to paper-train the tankers.

This country has been strip-mined by rich and powerful interests. If you dont like what they're doing, don't just sit there. Vote them out.

The common belief that coaches must be abusive to be successful is a myth. Research shows that if you find a task fun, you'll perform better. If more coaches took . . . a Golden Rule approach to coaching, treating their players the way they themselves would like to be treated, fewer athletes would drop out of sports in their teens, and more athletes at every level would be happier and more satisfied.

The concept of individual with a conscience is one whose highest allegiance is to his fellow man.

If they don't close these [nuclear] reactors down, we'll have civil war in five years.

The various Social Security privatization schemes, full and partial, would cost both the 'social' - that is the public, cooperative, societal - element of the program and 'security' - the rock-solid income guarantee afforded by the system. It should be rejected.

The job of a leader today is not to create followers. It’s to create more leaders.