"Up against the corporate government, voters find..." - Quote by Ralph Nader
Up against the corporate government, voters find themselves asked to choose between look-alike candidates from two parties vying to see who takes the marching orders from their campaign paymasters and their future employers. The money of vested interest nullifies genuine voter choice and trust.
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“The concept of individual with a conscience is one whose highest allegiance is to his fellow man.”
“I don't think meals have any business being deductible. I'm for separation of calories and corporations.”
“The flow from knowledge to action draws upon the complete person with his or her catalyst and synergistic potential.”
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“General Motors could buy Delaware if DuPont were willing to sell it.”
“Young wives are the leading asset of corporate power. They want the suburbs, a house, a settled life, and respectability. They want society to see that they have exchanged themselves for something of value.”
“I've fought against transnational gangs. I took on the biggest banks and helped take down one of the biggest for-profit colleges. I know a predator when I see one.”
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“A constitution defines and limits the powers of the government it creates. It therefore follows, as a natural and also a logical result, that the governmental exercise of any power not authorized by the constitution is an assumed power, and therefore illegal.”
“Every man wishes to pursue his occupation and to enjoy the fruits of his labours and the produce of his property in peace and safety, and with the least possible expense. When these things are accomplished, all the objects for which government ought to be established are answered.”
“Patriotism means to stand by the country. It does not mean to stand by the president.”