Ralph Nader (born February 27, 1934) is an American political activist, author, lecturer, and attorney noted for his involvement in consumer protection, environmentalism, and government reform causes. The son of Lebanese immigrants to the United States, Nader was educated at Princeton and Harvard and first came to prominence in 1965 with the publication of the bestselling book Unsafe at Any Speed, a highly influential critique of the safety record of American automobile manufacturers. These Ralph Nader quotes will inspire you.
Best Ralph Nader Quotes
- “The use of solar energy has not been opened up because the oil industry does not own the sun.” ―
- “A society that has more justice is a society that needs less charity.” ―
- “Your best teacher is your last mistake.” ―
- “The more you talk, the less you’ll have to say.
The more you listen, the more sensible will be what you say.” ― The 17 Traditions - “There can be no daily democracy without daily citizenship.” ―
- “The financial wealth of the top 1 percent of households in the U.S. exceeds the combined wealth of the bottom 95 percent.” – Ralph Nader
- “Let it not be said by a future, forlorn generation that we wasted and lost our great potential because our despair was so deep we didn’t even try, or because each of us thought someone else was worrying about our problems.” ―
- “Lost: 60 seconds
Don’t bother looking for them because they are gone forever.”― The 17 Traditions - “The progress of history is to take the impossible and turn it into the possible.” – Ralph Nader
- “The only true aging is the erosion of one’s ideals.” – Ralph Nader
- “Information is the currency of democracy. Its denial must always be suspect.” – Ralph Nader
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“All empires eventually destroy themselves. That’s the record of history.” – Ralph Nader
- “We must strive to become good ancestors.” – Ralph Nader
- “A leader has the vision and conviction that a dream can be achieved. He inspires the power and energy to get it done.” – Ralph Nader
- “Looking at virtual reality through computer screens, video game screens, and above all television screens is a denial of personality development. It’s a denial of socialization, of expansion of vocabulary, of interaction with real human beings.” – Ralph Nader
- “Power concedes nothing without a demand. The struggle for justice must never be adjourned. The forces of injustice do not take vacations.” – Ralph Nader
- “Water is the most precious, limited natural resource we have in this country…But because water belongs to no one – except the people – special interests, including government polluters, use it as their private sewers.” – Ralph Nader
- “Let it not be said by a future, forlorn generation that we wasted and lost our great potential because our despair was so deep we didn’t even try, or because each of us thought someone else was worrying about our problems.” – Ralph Nader
- “I hear people who are worried about climate change tell me, oh, Congress that’s gridlock, that’s not where the action is.” – Ralph Nader
- “People are stunned to hear that one company has data files on 185 million Americans.” ―
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“The Function of Leadership is to produce more Leaders, Not more Followers.” ―
- “Power has to be insecure to be responsive.” – Ralph Nader
- “You should not allow yourself the luxuries of discouragement of despair. Bounce back immediately, and welcome the adversity because it produces harder thinking and harder drive to get to the objective.” ―
- “There are some people in this world who would never plant a seed because it doesn’t produce fruit the first season.” – Ralph Nader
- “If you choose the lesser of two evils, you are still choosing evil.” – Ralph Nader
- “A society with more justice needs less charity.” ―
- “To know and no to do is not to know.” ― Ralph Nader, The 17 Traditions
- “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.” – Ralph Nader
- “Moral courage is the highest expression of humanity.” – Ralph Nader
- “If God hadn’t meant for us to eat sugar, he wouldn’t have invented dentists.” – Ralph Nader
