Quote by Ralph Nader
Addiction should never be treated as a crime. It has to be treated

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. – Ralph Nader

Other quotes by Ralph Nader

Up against the corporate government, voters find themselves asked to choose between look-alike candidates from two parties vying to see who takes the marching orders from their campaign paymasters and their future employers. The money of vested interest nullifies genuine voter choice and trust. – Ralph Nader

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Future
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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. – Ralph Nader

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Politics
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The nation is faced with one of the most corporate-orientated anti-consumer Congresses in our history. – Ralph Nader

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History
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Health
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My life in Brooklyn was in constant danger because of my bad health. – Maurice Sendak

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Health

Intervention for the prevention and control of osteoporosis should comprise a combination of legislative action, educational measures, health service activities, media coverage, and individual counselling to initiate changes in behaviour. – Gro Harlem Brundtland

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Health

Men make use of their illnesses at least as much as they are made use of by them. – Aldous Huxley

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Health

Rest when youre weary. Refresh and renew yourself, your body, your mind, your spirit. Then get back to work. – Ralph Marston

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Health

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You hear certain things, negative things, all the time that arent true, but you never hear about the positive. – Floyd Mayweather, Jr.

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I give the children education. – Jackie Chan

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Through their own actions, customers can hold companies responsible to higher standards of social responsibility. Through collective action, they can leverage their dollars to combat the force of those investors who myopically pursue profits at the expense of the rest of society. – Simon Mainwaring

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