Nader, Ralph

1934 - Born on the 27th of  February in  Winsted ,Connecticut, U.S.A.

1955 - He graduated at Princeton University.

1958 - He served in the United States Army for six months.

1959 - He began working as a lawyer in Hartford,Connecticut.

1961 - He was a Professor of History and Government at the University of Hartford.

1964 - He moved to Washington, D.C. and got a job working for the Assistant Secretary of Labor.

1980 - He spearheaded a powerful lobby against FDA approval allowing for mass-scale experimentation of

            artificial lens implants.

2000 - He was the nominee of the Green Party.

2004 - He ran as an Independent with Green activist Peter Miguel Camejo as his Vice-Presidential nominee.

• "I start with the premise that the function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers."
• "The networks are not some chicken-coop manufacturing lobby whose calls nobody returns."
• "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."
• "Our founders did not oust George III in order for us to crown Richard I."