Ralph Nader

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

"Your best teacher is your last mistake."

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

"Like sex in Victorian England, the reality of Big Business today is our big dirty secret."

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

"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.'"