Ralph Nader

Your best teacher is your last mistake.

I once said to my father, when I was a boy, 'Dad we need a third political party.' He said to me, 'I'll settle for a second.'

Every time I see something terrible, it's like I see it at age 19. I keep a freshness that way.

Recently, I was in Bernalda, my dad's ancestral home town in Italy. He has just refurbished a palazzo and turned it into a hotel, so we had my sister's wedding there. It was beautiful.

I'm quite content to spend my life helping young people find themselves. I've had my fill of politics.