“[W]henever there have been periods when enough of the country organizes and resists, we see movements of people and communities breaking through power. Progress is made. Rights are won. Education and literacy increase. Oppression is diminished.”

— Ralph Nader

Breaking Through Power (2016)

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American consumer rights activist and corporate critic 1934

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