Ralph Nader

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Addiction should never be treated as a crime. It has to be treated as a health problem. We do not send alcoholics to jail in this country. Over 500,000 people are in our jails who are nonviolent drug users.
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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.
People are stunned to hear that one company has data files on 185 million Americans.
Your best teacher is your last mistake.
A society that has more justice is a society that needs less charity.
Power has to be insecure to be responsive.
A leader has the vision and conviction that a dream can be achieved. He inspires the power and energy to get it done.
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.
Turn on to politics, or politics will turn on you.
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.
I start with the premise that the function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers.
The function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers.

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