Ralph Nader

was to discuss issues of interest to the daily lives of the American public -- to put the focus on the human race, not the presidential horse race.

There are a lot of empty seats that are about to be filled with corporatists surrounded by corporate hospitality suites funded by 13 million of taxpayers money. That's a pretty sickly witches' brew for a private convention where corporations have poured 100 million into it. The taxpayers should not have to fund these political conventions.

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

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

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

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

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

Sanctions against polluters are feeble and out of date, and are rarely invoked.

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

Great time, thank you.

Perish the phrase 'free trade,' ... There's no such thing as free trade with dictatorial regimes who keep costs down by brute force and lure U.S. companies to those countries.

She was the light of our lives, our anchor, compass and vision.

A 'no' vote will potentially save taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars.

We get one Republican vote for every two Democratic votes, some polls have told us.

Most of them (Democrats and Republicans) are politicians with fingers to the wind, ... And if I win, we'll be giving them a lot of wind.

Bush is the worst of the worst on this. You couldn't have anybody worse. He brags about it, he boasts about it, it's one of his top 10 issues.

We're going to prove them wrong in November,

He should be held accountable by voters for eight years of principles betrayed and promises broken.

should be stripped of their non-profit status, and television networks who work with them should realize they are working with a political organization, not an educational organization.

of increasing the number of presidential debates and including more voices in those debates.

Al Gore thinks he is entitled to your votes. Al Gore thinks that we're supposed to be helping him get elected, ... I've got news for Al Gore -- if you can't beat the bumbling Texas governor with that record, you ought to go back to Tennessee.

Your best teacher is your last mistake.

O'Neill is in the minority. They take it as a deduction. If it isn't compensation, then what is it

John D. Rockefeller wanted to dominate oil, but Microsoft wants it all, you name it cable, media, banking, car dealerships.

Only Al Gore can beat Al Gore, ... it won't matter who wins.