Ralph Nader

“The consumer is the boss.”

“If you don't turn on to politics, politics will turn on you.”

“Pollution is a form of violence.”

“There can be no daily democracy without daily citizenship.”

“In a democracy, the first rule for the guidance of the citizen is this: that as the owner of the government, he must watch the government.”

“The corporate lobby in Washington is fundamentally a form of intimidation.”

“The function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers.”

“The use of solar energy has not been opened up because the oil industry does not own the sun.”

“Secrecy is the freedom tyrants dream of.”

“You've got to keep the pressure on, even if you lose. The essence of the citizens' movement is to keep the pressure on.”

“The only true aging is the erosion of one's ideals.”

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

“Information is the currency of democracy.”

“Your best teacher is your last mistake.”

“Power has to be insecure to be responsive.”

“Action is the antidote to despair.”

“To be a patriot, you must love your country more than you love your government.”

“If there is one thing that is not democratic, it is to run a country in the interest of the billionaires.”