Addiction should never be treated as a crime. It has…

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.

Unsourced, On Society and Citizenship

Other Ralph Nader Quotes

I’ve done it all. I’m thankful and proud of what I’ve accomplished in my life. I hope to keep doing it. - View Quote Details on I’ve done it all. I’m thankful and proud of what…
The goal of a just society is inseparable from love and beauty. - View Quote Details on The goal of a just society is inseparable from love…
When strangers start acting like neighbors… communities are reinvigorated. - View Quote Details on When strangers start acting like neighbors… communities are reinvigorated.
…organized labor…rushes to support the party without demanding a turn away from corporatism toward workers’ needs. This is the logic of the lesser of two evils. It tethers labor to a relentless slide deeper into the corporate power pits year after year. - View Quote Details on …organized labor…rushes to support the party without demanding a turn…
Obviously, the answer to oil spills is to paper-train the tankers. - View Quote Details on Obviously, the answer to oil spills is to paper-train the…
…the Democratic and Republican parties, two apparently distinct political entities feeding at the same corporate trough. - View Quote Details on …the Democratic and Republican parties, two apparently distinct political entities…
There can be no daily democracy without daily citizenship. - View Quote Details on There can be no daily democracy without daily citizenship.
Ours is a system of corporate socialism, where companies capitalize their profits and socialize their losses…in effect, they tax you for their accidents, bungling, boondoggles, and mismanagement, just like a government. We should be able to dis-elect them. - View Quote Details on Ours is a system of corporate socialism, where companies capitalize…
The tired whine of “But the Republicans are worse” will fall flat as more young Americans take charge of their future and move, with their reenergized elders, toward the Green Party and parallel civic and political movements. - View Quote Details on The tired whine of “But the Republicans are worse” will…
Unlike members of Congress, Big Business knew what the WTO agreements contained. That’s because corporate lobbyists helped draft them. - View Quote Details on Unlike members of Congress, Big Business knew what the WTO…