225 Quotes by Ralph Nader

We have the most prolonged adolescence in the history of mankind. There is no other society that requires so many years to pass before people are grown up ... Adolescence is nurtured and prolonged by educational processes and by industry that has found a bonanza in embracing the adolescent population and fortifying 'adolescent values.' This prolongation of adolescence robs the country of the population group having the most risk takers, and the highest ideals.

Justice needs money; it always has . . . whether for abolition of slavery and early women's rights movements or the civil rights and environmental drives of our generation.

Secrecy destroys accountability.

I enjoy my work so much that I have to be pulled away from my work into leisure.

She was the light of our lives, our anchor, compass and vision.

As a public interest lawyer, your fund of injustice will never be empty.

Moral courage is the highest expression of humanity ...

Whatever your issue is, whether it's racism or homophobia or policy issues or taxes or urban decay or health care, you're not going to go anywhere with it if we don't focus on the concentration of power.

Sanctions against polluters are feeble and out of date, and are rarely invoked.