Ralph Nader: Doing

Ralph Nader is American consumer rights activist and corporate critic. Explore interesting quotes on doing.
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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.”

Ralph Nader

Green Party presidential candidacy speech (2000)

People , Democracy , Sense

“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.”

Ralph Nader

Ralph Nader, An Unreasonable Man (2006) Documentary film

Cars

“The shortcomings of America's political leaders do not stop at our borders.”

Ralph Nader

The Good Fight (2004)

“My hope is that... I will open Democrats' and other progressives' eyes to the many values shared by the Left and Right... like the desire to end corporate welfare and convert to a renewable energy (solar) economy. ...the way to defeat Trump... is to embrace (not marginalize) issues such as raising the minimum wage. ...It is a question of do or just further fade away.”

Ralph Nader

To the Ramparts (2018)

Way , Hope , Question

“They say we have a free press, but we do not. We have a press that is indentured to advertising revenue, and they themselves are now conglomerate corporations... and five big ones control most of the circulation and viewership...”

Ralph Nader

"American Mythology and the Loss of Democracy" (2018)

“It first starts with an intrepid rat... that goes up to the toilet bowl of the Speaker, just as he's sitting down to do his business... Some readers who couldn't get past the first few pages... called it disgusting and upsetting, and I said, "Well, you're describing the behavior of Congress..."”

Ralph Nader

"How The Rats Reformed The Congress" (2018)

Business , Past , Behavior