Ralph Nader Democracy Quotations

The 'democracy gap' in our politics and elections spells a deep sense of powerlessness by people who drop out, do not vote, or listlessly vote for the 'least worst' every four years and then wonder why after every cycle the 'least worst' gets worse.

Once you don't vote your ideals... that has serious undermining affects. It erodes the moral basis of our democracy.

There can be no daily democracy without daily citizenship.

If you're not turned on by politics, politics will turn on you.

Information is the currency of democracy. It's denial must always be suspect.

We have an underdeveloped democracy and overdeveloped plutocracy.

The reason that democracies always defeat dictatorships is because they're open to debate. We should never allow Washington to say, 'Shut up, get in line and wave the flag.'