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If they don't close these [nuclear] reactors down, we'll have civil war in five years.

Ralph Nader

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Ralph Nader
Age: 90
Born: 1934
Born: February 27
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We have two parties who are basically hijacking our country for their corporate paymasters. And if we focus on 535 members of Congress, that's not all that many, we're going to see a fast turnaround. So focus all your concerns, all the information, the kind of agenda the Green Party has. Turn it right on your Senators and Representatives.
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You should not allow yourself the luxuries of discouragement of despair. Bounce back immediately, and welcome the adversity because it produces harder thinking and harder drive to get to the objective.
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