President Reagan was elected on the promise of getting government off the backs of the people and now he demands that government wrap itself around the waists of the people.

Quote by Ralph Nader

Topics: Government Quotes, Presidency Quotes

Every time I see something terrible, it's like I see it at age 19. I...

Every time I see something terrible, it's like I see it at age 19. I...

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...

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

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

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.

There can be no daily democracy without daily citizenship.

There can be no daily democracy without daily citizenship.

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 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...

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...

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.

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

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

I start with the premise that the function of leadership is to produce more leaders,...

I start with the premise that the function of leadership is to produce more leaders,...

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.

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...

Your best teacher is your last mistake.

Your best teacher is your last mistake.

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...

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

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

Sanctions against polluters are feeble and out of date, and are rarely invoked.

Sanctions against polluters are feeble and out of date, and are rarely invoked.

Ours is a system of corporate socialism, where companies capitalize their profits and socialize their...

Ours is a system of corporate socialism, where companies capitalize their profits and socialize their...

My movements to the chair of government will be accompanied by feelings not unlike those...

My movements to the chair of government will be accompanied by feelings not unlike those...

Government is the people's business and every man, woman and child becomes a shareholder with...

Government is the people's business and every man, woman and child becomes a shareholder with...