Young wives are the leading asset of corporate power. They want the suburbs, a house, a settled life, and respectability. They want society to see that they have exchanged themselves for something of value

Ralph Nader
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  1. Members of Congress are like the voters in one respect -- they want to go with the winners.

  2. Young wives are the leading asset of corporate power. They want the suburbs, a house, a settled life, and respectability. They want society to see that they have exchanged themselves for something of value

  3. The Function of Leadership is to produce more Leaders, Not more Followers.

  4. The resource of generational history is accorded little attention our society, which seems ever more obsessed with making “new” and “better” synonymous. From my family I became aware of the importance of passing along wisdom from one generation to the next. Yet despite the increasing...

  5. I don't think meals have any business being deductible. I'm for separation of calories and corporations.

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