Ralph Nader

(noun)

An American political activist, author, lecturer, and attorney focused on the areas of consumer protection, humanitarianism, environmentalism, and democratic government.

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Examples of Ralph Nader in the following topics:

  • The Disputed Election of 2000

    • Ralph Nader was the most successful third-party candidate, drawing 2.74 percent of the popular vote.
    • Many Gore supporters claimed Nader split the Democratic vote, tipping the election for Bush.

  • Conclusion: The End of a Century

    • Consumer advocate Ralph Nader ran as the candidate of the Green Party, a party devoted to environmental issues and grassroots activism, and Democrats feared that he would attract votes that Gore might otherwise win.

  • Conclusion: Populism Resurgent

    • In the 1990s and 2000s, the presidential campaigns of third-party billionaire Ross Perot, Green Party and Independent Ralph Nader, and Democrat John Edwards have been identified by the media as running populist campaigns.

  • Emerson and Thoreau

    • Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau were important leaders of the Transcendentalist movement.
    • Ralph Waldo Emerson(May 25, 1803 – April 27, 1882) and Henry David Thoreau (July 12, 1817 – May 6, 1862) were two important American writers and leaders of the Transcendentalist movement.
    • Ralph Waldo Emerson was an American essayist, lecturer, and poet.

  • Individualism

    • Individualism, a philosophy that stressed the value of the individual, was popularized in the 1800s by such thinkers as Ralph Waldo Emerson.
    • An important 19th century individualist thinker was Ralph Waldo Emerson , who developed ideas such as individuality, freedom, the ability for humankind to realize almost anything, and the relationship between the soul and the surrounding world.
    • Ralph Waldo Emerson was an important American philosopher of the nineteenth century who espoused many tenets of individualism in his work, particularly in his essay Self-Reliance.

  • Movements and Reforms

    • The publication of Ralph Waldo Emerson's 1836 essay "Nature" is usually considered the watershed moment at which transcendentalism became a major cultural movement.
    • Ralph Waldo Emerson, an American essayist, lecturer, and poet, was seen as a champion of individualism and a prescient critic of the countervailing pressures of society.
    • Ralph Waldo Emerson (May 25, 1803–April 27, 1882) was an American essayist, lecturer, and poet who led the transcendentalist movement of the mid-nineteenth century.

  • Transcendentalism

    • The publication of Ralph Waldo Emerson's 1836 essay Natureis usually considered the watershed moment at which transcendentalism became a major cultural movement.

  • Romanticism in America

    • Later transcendentalist writers such as Henry David Thoreau and Ralph Waldo Emerson still show elements of its influence and imagination, as does the romantic realism of Walt Whitman.

  • Battles in the Courts and Congress

    • Reagan appointed many leading conservative academics to the intermediate United States Courts of Appeals, including Bork, Ralph K.

  • The Emergence of "American" Literature

    • Ralph Waldo Emerson emerged as the leading figure of this movement.