Citizen Action and Other Big Ideas By David Bollier --- Chapter One The...
"It's of the same order of the hula hoop -- a fad. Six months from now, we'll probably be on another kick."-- W.R. Murphy, President of Campbell Soup Co. and member of the Business Council, 1966,...
View ArticleCHAPTER 2 Nurturing the "Consumer-Side" Economy
"Consumption is the sole end and purpose of all production; and the interest of the producer ought to be attended to, only so far as it may be necessary for promoting that of the consumer..-- Adam...
View ArticleCHAPTER 3 The Office of Citizen
"In a democracy, the highest office is the office of citizen." -- Supreme Court Justice Felix FrankfurterClass Day, Harvard University, 1981. Ralph Nader stands hunched over the podium. A hushed...
View ArticleCHAPTER 4 Let the Information Flow
"Sunshine is said to be the best of disinfectants." -- Supreme Court Justice Louis BrandeisIt is no exaggeration to say that until enactment of the Freedom of Information Act in 1966, the American...
View ArticleCHAPTER 5 Corporate Abuses, Consumer Power
"Facts are subversive." -- I.F. StoneAt the Senate hearings looking into General Motors' harassment of Nader, the future consumer crusader took an opportunity to reflect upon the nature of corporate...
View ArticleCHAPTER 6 The Art of Public Interest Litigation
"All professions are conspiracies against the laity." -- George Bernard ShawAlan B. Morrison digs out a tattered old scrap of paper from his wallet and reverentially unfolds it. Squinting at the faded...
View ArticleCHAPTER 7: The Politics of Health
"Populus iamdudum defutatus est" "The people have been getting screwed long enough." -- Quotation on the door of the Public Citizen Health Research GroupIt has been said that Sidney M. Wolfe, M.D.,...
View ArticleCHAPTER 8 The Citizen Movement Expands
"The real measure of Ralph's success will be how many oak trees are planted." -- Claire NaderIt is a frequent complaint among Nader's critics that he is "spreading himself too thin" by founding so...
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