Michael Moore Quotes

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• 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.

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• A government run by billionaires for billionaires is an affront to freedom and morality and humanity.

  Michael Moore

  Running, Government, Humanity

  "Michael Moore Wisconsin Speech: America Is Not Broke" by Michael Moore, www.thedailybeast.com. March 7, 2011.

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• The highest courage is to dare to be yourself in the face of adversity. Choosing right over wrong, ethic over convenience, and truth over popularity ... these are choices that measure your life. Travel the path of integrity without looking back, for there is never a wrong time to do the right thing.

  Michael Moore

  Being Yourself, Integrity, Adversity

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• You can't debate satire. Either you get it or you don't.

  Michael Moore

  Debate, Satire, Androgynous

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• There's a gullible side to the American people. They can be easily misled. Religion is the best device used to mislead them.

  Michael Moore

  People, Sides, Gullible

  Michael Moore (2004). “Dude, Where's My Country?”, ePenguin

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• If the Founding Fathers could have looked into a crystal ball and seen AK-47s and Glock semi-automatic pistols, I think they would say, you know, 'That's not really what we mean when we say bear arms.'

  Michael Moore

  Father, Mean, Thinking

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• 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

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• Jesus told us that we would be judged by how we treat the least among us.

  Michael Moore

  Jesus, Would Be, Treats

  "Michael Moore Espouses Jesus, Yet He Mocked the Crucifixion, Supports Pro-Choice, And ..." by Dave Pierre, www.newsbusters.org. June 21, 2007.

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• I want Americans to realize that we are the owners of this country, and that one person can make a difference.

  Michael Moore

  Country, Differences, Making A Difference

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• You do not have the right to take another human's life, unless it's in strict self-defense.

  Michael Moore

  Self, Defense, Strict

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• I'm a millionaire, I'm a multi-millionaire, I'm filthy rich. You know why I'm a multi-millionaire? 'Cause multi-millions like what I do.

  Michael Moore

  Success, Causes, Rich

  "Moore Lies, Moore Fun at Stanford". Stanford Review, April 17, 2002.

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• There's been almost a dozen films that have been made against me. There's actually more films made attacking me than films I've made.

  Michael Moore

  Dozen, Film, Made

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• [Librarians] are subversive. You think they're just sitting there at the desk, all quiet and everything. They're like plotting the revolution, man. I wouldn't mess with them.

  Michael Moore

  Men, Thinking, Sitting

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• 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

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• If we say, 'The government sucks,' we're kind of saying that we suck.

  Michael Moore

  Government, Kind, Ifs

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• It really is disgusting when a guy in a ball cap with a high school education is the one asking the tough questions.

  Michael Moore

  School, Tough Questions, Guy

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• Capitalism means that a few people will do very well, and the rest will serve the few.

  Michael Moore

  Mean, People, Wells

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• I hate to say it, but killing is our way. We began America with genocide, then built it with slaves. The shootings will continue. It's who we are.

  Michael Moore

  Hate, America, Shooting

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• No decisions should ever be made without asking the question, is this for the common good?

  Michael Moore

  Decision, Asking, Common

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• We like nonfiction, and we live in fictitious times.

  Michael Moore

  Nonfiction

  2003 Oscar Acceptance Address for Best Documentary Film, delivered 23 March 2003, Hollywood, CA

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• Capitalism is an evil, and you cannot regulate evil.

  Michael Moore

  Evil, Capitalism

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• One thing I learned as a journalist is that there is at least one disgruntled person in every workplace in America - and at least double that number with a conscience. Hard as they try, they simply can't turn their heads away from an injustice when they see one taking place.

  Michael Moore

  Numbers, America, Trying

  "Here Comes Trouble: Stories from My Life". Book by Michael Moore, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 13, 2011.

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• The No. 1 cause of bankruptcies is medical bills.

  Michael Moore

  Medical Bills, Causes, Bankruptcy

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• 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

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• I don't 'support the troops' or any of those other hollow and hypocritical platitudes uttered by Republicans and frightened Democrats. Here's what I do support: I support them coming home. I support them being treated well.

  Michael Moore

  Home, Support, Troops

  "Those Who Say ‘I Support the Troops’ Really Don’t" by Michael Moore, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 3, 2013.

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