Ralph Nader

The Function of Leadership is to produce more Leaders, Not more Followers.

Young wives are the leading asset of corporate power. They want the suburbs, a house, a settled life, and respectability. They want society to see that they have exchanged themselves for something of value

Members of Congress are like the voters in one respect -- they want to go with the winners.

A society that has more justice is a society that needs less charity.

John D. Rockefeller wanted to dominate oil, but Microsoft wants it all, you name it: cable, media, banking, car dealerships.

People are stunned to hear that one company has data files on 185 million Americans.

Turn on to politics, or politics will turn on you.

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.'

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.

A leader has the vision and conviction that a dream can be achieved. He inspires the power and energy to get it done.

Every time I see something terrible, it's like I see it at age 19. I keep a freshness that way.

I don't think meals have any business being deductible. I'm for separation of calories and corporations.

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