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.

Quote by Ralph Nader

Topics: Addiction Quotes, Drug Abuse Quotes

Power has to be insecure to be responsive.

Power has to be insecure to be responsive.

The liberal intelligentsia has allowed its party to become a captive of corporate interests.

The liberal intelligentsia has allowed its party to become a captive of corporate interests.

People are stunned to hear that one company has data files on 185 million Americans.

People are stunned to hear that one company has data files on 185 million Americans.

A leader has the vision and conviction that a dream can be achieved. He inspires...

A leader has the vision and conviction that a dream can be achieved. He inspires...

I don't think meals have any business being deductible. I'm for separation of calories and...

I don't think meals have any business being deductible. I'm for separation of calories and...

President Reagan was elected on the promise of getting government off the backs of the...

President Reagan was elected on the promise of getting government off the backs of the...

Our founders did not oust George III in order for us to crown Richard I.

Our founders did not oust George III in order for us to crown Richard I.

The use of solar energy has not been opened up because the oil industry does...

The use of solar energy has not been opened up because the oil industry does...

The networks are not some chicken-coop manufacturing lobby whose calls nobody returns.

The networks are not some chicken-coop manufacturing lobby whose calls nobody returns.

Turn on to politics, or politics will turn on you.

Turn on to politics, or politics will turn on you.

For almost seventy years the life insurance industry has been a smug sacred cow feeding...

For almost seventy years the life insurance industry has been a smug sacred cow feeding...

Like sex in Victorian England, the reality of Big Business today is our big dirty...

Like sex in Victorian England, the reality of Big Business today is our big dirty...

No presidential candidate should visit Las Vegas without condemning organized gambling.

No presidential candidate should visit Las Vegas without condemning organized gambling.

When strangers start acting like neighbors... communities are reinvigorated.

When strangers start acting like neighbors... communities are reinvigorated.

This country has far more problems than it deserves and far more solutions than it...

This country has far more problems than it deserves and far more solutions than it...

Let's not just look at it as taking votes away from Gore. Our support comes...

Let's not just look at it as taking votes away from Gore. Our support comes...

A society that has more justice is a society that needs less charity.

A society that has more justice is a society that needs less charity.

This (George W. Bush's) administration is not sympathetic to corporations, it is indentured to corporations.

This (George W. Bush's) administration is not sympathetic to corporations, it is indentured to corporations.

The corporate lobby in Washington is basically designed to stifle all legislative activity on behalf...

The corporate lobby in Washington is basically designed to stifle all legislative activity on behalf...

The only difference between the Republican and Democratic parties is the velocities with which their...

The only difference between the Republican and Democratic parties is the velocities with which their...