You should not allow yourself the luxuries of discouragement of despair. Bounce back immediately, and welcome the adversity because it produces harder thinking and harder drive to get to the objective.
Ralph NaderRead
This country has been strip-mined by rich and powerful interests. If you dont like what they're doing, don't just sit there. Vote them out.
Interpretation
What this quote means
The quote emphasizes the importance of taking action against corrupt leadership through voting.
Ralph Nader's quote highlights the detrimental impact of wealthy and influential individuals on the country, suggesting that citizens have the power and responsibility to affect change through the democratic process. It serves as a call to action, encouraging people not to passively accept conditions but to actively participate in their governance by voting out those responsible for negative outcomes.
Themes
PoliticsVotePowerActionChange
In practice
Example use cases
During a town hall meeting to encourage civic engagement.
More from Ralph Nader
All quotes βI once said to my father, when I was a boy, 'Dad we need a third political party.' He said to me, 'I'll settle for a second.'
Ralph NaderRead
Power concedes nothing without a demand. The struggle for justice must never be adjourned. The forces of injustice do not take vacations.
Ralph NaderRead
The corporate lobby in Washington is basically designed to stifle all legislative activity on behalf of consumers.
Ralph NaderRead
We have the most prolonged adolescence in the history of mankind. There is no other society that requires so many years to pass before people are grown up ... Adolescence is nurtured and prolonged by educational processes and by industry that has found a bonanza in embracing the adolescent population and fortifying 'adolescent values.' This prolongation of adolescence robs the country of the population group having the most risk takers, and the highest ideals.
Ralph NaderRead
Moral courage is the highest expression of humanity.
Ralph NaderRead
Similar quotes
More and more people in my country recognise the dangers of having their governors appointed by Putin and having no influence in parliament because Parliament today is also following instructions from Kremlin and no longer represents its people.
Garry KasparovRead
American politics used to be an amateur sport. But somewhere along the way, we handed over to professionals all the things people used to do for free.
Bob SchiefferRead
What is a democrat? One who believes that the republicans have ruined the country. What is a republican? One who believes that the democrats would ruin the country.
Ambrose BierceRead
If we let Korea down, the Soviet[s] will keep right on going and swallow up one [place] after another.
Harry S. TrumanRead
There is a fundamental difference between the Polish experience of the state and the Russian experience. In the Polish experience, the state was always a foreign power. So, to hate the state was a patriotic act.
Ryszard KapuscinskiRead
I have been struck by the pervasive frequency of pompously patriotic ads for the defense industry, usually accompanied by deferential salutations to our men and women who are heroically sacrificing their lives in our defense. Do we really need all of that for our security?
Zbigniew BrzezinskiRead