Michael Moore Quotes About Democracy

Quotes about: Democracy

• Democracy is not a spectator sport, it's a participatory event. If we don't participate in it, it ceases to be a democracy.

  Michael Moore

  Sports, Democracy, Events

  "'Capitalism is evil,' says new Michael Moore film" by Mike Collett-White, www.reuters.com. September 6, 2009.

• Capitalism is an evil, and you cannot regulate evil. You have to eliminate it and replace it with something that is good for all people and that something is democracy.

  Michael Moore

  People, Evil, Democracy

  "'Capitalism is evil ... you have to eliminate it'". Interview with Chris McGreal, www.theguardian.com. January 29, 2010.

• If I were a capitalist I would not give my employees health insurance with no deductible, which I do, including dental, and paid pregnancy leave. That's not called capitalism, that's called being a Christian and someone who believes in democracy, so that everyone should get a fair slice of the pie.

  Michael Moore

  Christian, Believe, Pregnancy

• Capitalism is against the things that we say we believe in - democracy, freedom of choice, fairness. It's not about any of those things now. It's about protecting the wealthy and legalizing greed.

  Michael Moore

  Believe, Choices, Greed

• I realized that this was the big secret of democracy -- that change can occur by starting off with just a few people doing something.

  Michael Moore

  People, Secret, Democracy

  Michael Moore (2011). “Here Comes Trouble: Stories From My Life”, p.271, Penguin UK

• How do you deliver democracy to a country? You don't do it down the barrel of a gun. That's not how you deliver it.

  Michael Moore

  Country, Gun, Democracy

• If we don't participate in it, it ceases to be a democracy. So Obama will rise or fall based not so much on what he does but on what we do to support him.

  Michael Moore

  Fall, Support, Democracy

  "'Capitalism is evil,' says new Michael Moore film" by Mike Collett-White, www.reuters.com. September 6, 2009.

• I'm a citizen in a democracy. To call me an activist would be redundant. It's not a spectator sport. If we all become non-participants, it no longer works.

  Michael Moore

  Sports, Democracy, Would Be

• Here's what I don't think works: An economic system that was founded in the 16th century and another that was founded in the 19th century. I'm tired of this discussion of capitalism and socialism; we live in the 21st century, we need an economic system that has democracy as its underpinnings and an ethical code.

  Michael Moore

  Tired, Thinking, Democracy

  "DealBook’s Interview With Michael Moore". dealbook.nytimes.com. September 23, 2009.

• There's not democracy in the workplace. I mean, through most of our daily lives, the idea of democracy is fairly nonexistent. And I think things work better when the people who have to work with whatever it is we're working with have a say in how it's working.

  Michael Moore

  Mean, Thinking, Ideas

• Capitalism and democracy are the opposite of each other. Capitalism is a system that guarantees that a few are going to do very well, and everybody else is going to serve the few. Democracy means everybody has a seat at the table. Everybody.

  Michael Moore

  Mean, Guarantees That, Opposites

• As you have fewer and fewer voices in a democracy, in a free society, it's not good to limit the number of voices.

  Michael Moore

  Voice, Numbers, Democracy

• I believe that when you provide information to people, they become less fearful and they will engage more in their democracy if they are empowered with information.

  Michael Moore

  Believe, People, Democracy

• You think history is going to remember the United States as a great democracy? No, they're going to think of us as a nation that became addicted to war. They'll call us warlords.

  Michael Moore

  War, Thinking, Democracy

  "An Open Letter to President Obama" by Michael Moore, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 19, 2012.

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