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title: "2 Devouring Quotes By Ralph Nader"
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> [The threats are coming to this country, which will, of course, increase the massive industry known as the anti-terrorism industry, and crush our civil liberties and civil rights, And it's devouring our priorities here in communities all over the country…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-nader/the-threats-are-coming-to-this-country-which-will-of-course-increase/)

[Ralph Nader](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-nader/)

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> [ President \[ Dwight\] Eisenhower warned us, five star general, he said watch out for the military-industrial complex. That's a threat to our freedom, to our economy, and what we have now is a gigantic taxpayer draining empire that is devouring… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-nader/president-dwight-eisenhower-warned-us-five-star-general-he-said-watch/)

[Ralph Nader](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-nader/)

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## More by Ralph Nader

> [This welfare for wealthy companies wastes taxpayer dollars, harms the environment, and makes a mockery of the recent reductions in federal social spending programs.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-nader/this-welfare-for-wealthy-companies-wastes-taxpayer-dollars-harms-the/)

[Ralph Nader](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-nader/)

> [Nuclear power must be dealt with irrationally. . . . Nuclear plants are carcinogens. Let's get that story out. . . . Their lies…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-nader/nuclear-power-must-be-dealt-with-irrationally-nuclear-plants-are/)

[Ralph Nader](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-nader/)

> [In 2000 the majority of people wanted me and Buchanan on the debates in two thousand. And me on the debates in 2004. have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-nader/in-2000-the-majority-of-people-wanted-me-and-buchanan-on-the-debates/)

[Ralph Nader](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-nader/)

> [What we need to recognize, less than 1 percent of the people organized around issues that are already supported by conservatives and liberals, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-nader/what-we-need-to-recognize-less-than-1-percent-of-the-people-organized/)

[Ralph Nader](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-nader/)

> [We live in a two-party tyranny that doesn't believe in competition, can enforce it with penalties and obstructions, and they're getting closer and closer…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-nader/we-live-in-a-two-party-tyranny-that-doesn-t-believe-in-competition/)

[Ralph Nader](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-nader/)

> [George W. Bush is very vulnerable but not if you campaign the way the major candidates - except for Dean and Kucinich - are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-nader/george-w-bush-is-very-vulnerable-but-not-if-you-campaign-the-way-the/)

[Ralph Nader](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-nader/)

> [In the meantime the big corporations are fleeing America for tax havens and places like Ireland, Luxembourg and the Grand Cayman Islands; the rich…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-nader/in-the-meantime-the-big-corporations-are-fleeing-america-for-tax/)

[Ralph Nader](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-nader/)

> [Full Medicare-for-all, free choice of doctor and hospital: that comes in sixty to seventy percent without even further explanation. And if you ever explained…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-nader/full-medicare-for-all-free-choice-of-doctor-and-hospital-that-comes/)

[Ralph Nader](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-nader/)

> [I always say there's no ticket of admission for active citizenship. Anybody can get through that gate, and anybody can ask that basic question…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-nader/i-always-say-there-s-no-ticket-of-admission-for-active-citizenship/)

[Ralph Nader](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-nader/)

> [People have got to show up, showing up at meetings, rallies, marches, City Council, courtrooms. You've got to show up.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-nader/people-have-got-to-show-up-showing-up-at-meetings-rallies-marches/)

[Ralph Nader](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-nader/)

> [For almost seventy years the life insurance industry has been a smug sacred cow feeding the public a steady line of sacred bull.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-nader/for-almost-seventy-years-the-life-insurance-industry-has-been-a-smug/)

[Ralph Nader](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-nader/)

> [It is fascinating to watch legislators turn away from their usual corporate grips when they hear the growing thunder of the people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-nader/it-is-fascinating-to-watch-legislators-turn-away-from-their-usual/)

[Ralph Nader](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-nader/)

> [In 2004 Professor Stephen Farnsworth, when I report saying that I got about five minutes on all the networks after Labor Day to election…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-nader/in-2004-professor-stephen-farnsworth-when-i-report-saying-that-i-got/)

[Ralph Nader](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-nader/)

> [Young wives are the leading asset of corporate power. They want the suburbs, a house, a settled life, and respectability. They want society to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-nader/young-wives-are-the-leading-asset-of-corporate-power-they-want-the/)

[Ralph Nader](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-nader/)

> [Moral courage is the highest expression of humanity ...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-nader/moral-courage-is-the-highest-expression-of-humanity/)

[Ralph Nader](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-nader/)

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