Ralph Nader Quotes

I'm not nearly as significant as Ralph Nader or the local plumber.

— Harlan Ellison

Let's destroy this young demagogue before he becomes another Ralph Nader. (about John Kerry)

— Richard M Nixon

I know what I wish Ralph Nader would investigate next. Marriage. It's not safe, it's not safe at all.

— Jean Kerr

I told Mr. Nader today that a vote for Ralph Nader is really a vote for George Bush.

— Barbara Lee

John Kerry met with Ralph Nader last week. Both sides of every issue were discussed. And then, Nader spoke.

— Jay Leno

“Sooner or later, you’re gonna listen to Ralph Nader.”

— Pete Shelley

I voted for Ralph Nader in 2000, but I will not make that mistake again. The joke is over for Nader. He…

— Hunter S. Thompson

Love is when you realize that he's as sexy as Woody Allen, as smart as Jimmy Connors, as funny as Ralph Nader,…

— Judith Viorst

John Kerry and Ralph Nader met face-to-face, it was a historic meeting. Astronomers said today their meeting actually created what is called…

— Jay Leno

Ralph Nader has slavery reparations on his platform, which makes me think he's not serious. If he thought he could win he…

— Dave Chappelle

On Election Day, Ralph Nader will appear on the presidential ballot in only 45 states. Yeah, Nader said, this is really disappointing,…

— Conan O'Brien

I have been in the witness protection program for the last three weeks. I campaigned for Ralph Nader. I'm now living as…

— Phil Donahue

I believe that voices like Ross Perot, Pat Buchanan, Ralph Nader should be heard. They don't have to be president. Give 'em…

— Kinky Friedman

“there are a few still running around that have not been assimilated—Dennis Kucinich, Pat Buchanan, Ralph Nader, Ron Paul—but nobody listens to…

— Joseph Befumo

I think you have to play the game on every level. If you need a friendly, charismatic, good-looking guy to be the…

— Aaron McGruder

And Ralph Nader, God bless him, still out there campaigning. Ralph Nader said today he has set a record for the most…

— Jay Leno

I'm voting for Gore because the other is unthinkable. Which most of us will probably do. I hope all of us. I've…

— Richard Gere

Infatuation is when you think he's as sexy as Robert Redford, as smart as Henry Kissinger, as noble as Ralph Nader, as…

— Anonymous

Ralph Nader choose the man with whom to share the responsibility of running a distant third, California activist Peter Camejo. You may…

— Jon Stewart

If Ralph Nader runs, President Bush is going to be re-elected, and if Ralph Nader doesn't run, President Bush is going to…

— Ed Gillespie

At Car and Driver, we were convinced that the automobile, as we knew and loved it, was as dead as the passenger…

— Brock Yates

I don't for the life of me understand how anybody could contemplate the results of the 2000 election in the US and…

— Todd Gitlin

I feel genuinely sorry for those who are so blinded by narrow partisanship that they cannot appreciate Limbaugh's energy, intelligence and satiric…

— Camille Paglia

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— Judy Gregerson

[Kurt] Vonnegut once said, if you ever want to know who somebody is... Like you look at Richard Nixon, or Adolf Hitler,…

— P. J. O'Rourke

I saw Nader shortly before the election and - I voted him the time before, because I liked the sort of long-term…

— Aaron McGruder

The great danger to the consumer is the monopoly -whether private or governmental. His most effective protection is free competition at home…

— Milton Friedman

On May 7, a few weeks after the accident at Three-Mile Island, I was in Washington. I was there to refute some…

— Edward Teller

The IRS spends God knows how much of your tax money on these toll-free information hot lines staffed by IRS employees, whose…

— Dave Barry

“We do have a grand strategy,” says Zeese, who was the spokesman for Ralph Nader’s 2004 presidential campaign. “Nonviolent movements shift power…

— Chris Hedges

“With a century and change between the 1880 convention and now, I’ll admit I rolled my eyes at the ideological hairsplitting, wondering…

— Sarah Vowell

“Ah, adventure! Ah, romance! Ah, courtly graces and the noble gestures! Don't you wish you knew people like that? Don't you wish…

— Simon Hawke

I think Ralph Nader is the biggest liar in American politics when he said it didn't matter who was president.

— James Carville

Big business never pays a nickel in taxes, according to Ralph Nader, who represents a big consumer organization that never pays a…

— Dave Barry

I believe that voices like Ross Perot (search), Pat Buchanan, Ralph Nader should be heard. They don't have to be president. Give…

— Kinky Friedman

I admire Ralph Nader and Denis Kucinich very much, and insofar as they bring up issues and carry out an educational and…

— Noam Chomsky

Ralph Nader is a hero. I know Ralph, and I call him up occasionally. He's helped me out on a couple of…

— Al Franken

The Clinton era is over. I think that there would even have been a certain amount of rejoicing among some Republicans if…

— Tucker Carlson

Those of us with a microphone who are blessed with the gift of being in the public eye have a special opportunity…

— Bonnie Raitt

When it came to the 2000 election, 84 percent of Ivy League faculty voted for Al Gore, 6 percent for Ralph Nader…

— Walter E. Williams