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Green Party presidential nomination June 2000
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Acceptance Statement of Ralph Nader.
[The following are highlights of Ralph Nader's acceptance statement for nomination for US President in Denver, Colorado on June 25, 2000. For the full text, see http://www.greens.org/s-r/]
On behalf of all Americans who seek a new direction, who yearn for a new birth of freedom to build the just society, who see justice as the great work of human beings on Earth, who understand that community and human fulfillment are mutually reinforcing, who respect the urgent necessity to wage peace, to protect the environment, to end poverty and to preserve values of the spirit for future generations, who wish to build a deep democracy by working hard for a regenerative progressive politics, as if people mattered--to all these citizens and the Green vanguard, I welcome and am honored to accept the Green Party nomination for President of the United States. The Green Party stands for a nation and a world that consciously advances the practice of deep democracy. A deep democracy facilitates people's best efforts to achieve social justice, a sustainable and bountiful environment and an end to systemic bigotry and discrimination against law-abiding people merely because they are different. Green goals Green goals place co...See the full content of this document
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