Michael Moore Quotes - Page 8

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• 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

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• I've always been sort of confused by the trajectory my life has taken. I was supposed to be on an assembly line building Buicks.

  Michael Moore

  Confused, Taken, Lines

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• I've never supported this concept of going after Napster. I think the rock bands who fought this were wrong.

  Michael Moore

  Thinking, Rocks, Band

  "Michael Moore Takes on His Pirates!" by Edward Douglas, www.comingsoon.net. June 19, 2007.

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• If we didn't have Social Security, our seniors would live mostly in poverty. You'd have another 18 million people in poverty.

  Michael Moore

  Senior, People, Poverty

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• If you're white, and you really want to help change things, why not start with yourself?

  Michael Moore

  White, Why Not, Want

  Michael Moore (2004). “Stupid White Men: And Other Sorry Excuses for the State of the Nation!”

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• Part of my job is to read the paper, watch C-Span and show things that haven't been shown or were buried.

  Michael Moore

  Jobs, Watches, Paper

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• A lot of people on Capitol Hill don't want to talk to me.

  Michael Moore

  People, Want, Hills

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• A common denominator among big guys like me who are trying to take care of our health is that we're not getting enough sleep.

  Michael Moore

  Sleep, Guy, Trying

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• And realising that humour is the most powerful way to make a political statement and say the things that you want to say. And it's not used enough, at least not in the U.S.

  Michael Moore

  Powerful, Political, Want

  Interview with Andrew Collins, www.theguardian.com. November 11, 2002.

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• What I'm asking for is a new economic order. I don't know how to construct that; I'm not an economist.

  Michael Moore

  Order, Asking, Economic

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• We should all spend some time of our life doing service to our country. To me, I would give up a couple of years.

  Michael Moore

  Country, Giving Up, Couple

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• 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.

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• The 'fiscal cliff' is a ruse, an invention by the right and the rich, to try and keep their huge tax breaks.

  Michael Moore

  Trying, Cliffs, Rich

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

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• There should be no private health insurance companies operating for profit.

  Michael Moore

  Should, Profit, Private Health Insurance

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• We all need to be huge supporters of the theatrical documentary.

  Michael Moore

  Needs, Documentaries, Theatrical

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• The upper 1 percent, the people down on Wall Street, the corporate executives, they're the people that control this economy.

  Michael Moore

  Wall, People, Economy

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• The majority of Americans, the ones who never elected George W. Bush, are not fooled by his weapons of mass distraction.

  Michael Moore

  Majority, Weapons, Madness

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• The American media wants to pump you full of fear.

  Michael Moore

  Media, Want, Pumps

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• Republicans are relentless and they're smart, too - they're not all dumb - and on Election Day, they'll be up at five in the morning.

  Michael Moore

  Morning, Smart, Dumb

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• The days of using my name as a pejorative are now over. The right wing turned me into an accidental spokesperson for the liberal, majority agenda.

  Michael Moore

  Names, Wings, Majority

  "Why I'm Not Now and Have Never Been the Democrats' 'Rush Limbaugh'" by Michael Moore, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 5, 2009.

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• Because I have an opinion, I have become public enemy number one to the Fox News Channel and the right wing.

  Michael Moore

  Wings, Numbers, Enemy

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• A sane person would think that Wal-Mart would never carry 'Capitalism: A Love Story' because it's simply not in their best interests to inform their customers of their shady past.

  Michael Moore

  Past, Thinking, Stories

  "Why Is Wal-Mart Selling Capitalism: A Love Story (Out Today on DVD)?" by Michael Moore, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 9, 2010.

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• People like me who grew up in a working-class town, who don't have a college education, you don't usually hear from us.

  Michael Moore

  College, Class, People

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• Politicians never keep all their promises.

  Michael Moore

  Promise, Politician

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• I don't like to sit around whining about the corporate media, how they control everything, own everything. We already know that.

  Michael Moore

  Media, Whining, Corporate

  Interview with Andrew Collins, www.theguardian.com. November 11, 2002.

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