Michael Moore Quotes - Page 7

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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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• Should such an ignorant people lead the world? How did it come to this in the first place? 82 percent of us don't even have a passport! Just a handful can speak a language other than English.

  Michael Moore

  People, Ignorant, World

  "Nicht ganz Amerika ist verrückt" by Michael Moore, www.zeit.de. November 6, 2003.

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• A majority of this country opposes this war, a majority of this country never voted for this administration.

  Michael Moore

  Country, War, Majority

  "GOP convention protest covers miles of New York", edition.cnn.com. August 30, 2004.

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• White people scare the crap out of me.

  Michael Moore

  White, People, Scare

  Michael Moore (2002). “Stupid whitemen: ...and other sorry excuses for the state of the nation”

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• I'll tell you who doesn't have any personal responsibility. Companies like General Electric and others who pay absolutely no income tax.

  Michael Moore

  Responsibility, Income, Pay

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• I'm actually a fairly conservative person. I live a very conservative lifestyle.

  Michael Moore

  Conservative, Lifestyle, Persons

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• I'm caught up probably just as much in the consumer culture as the next person.

  Michael Moore

  Culture, Next, Caught

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• I'm from the Midwest, and guys like me don't go on diets. We don't do well on spinning classes.

  Michael Moore

  Class, Guy, Midwest

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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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• My dad was an autoworker, my mom was a clerk. Until I was thirty-five, I never made more than fifteen thousand dollars a year.

  Michael Moore

  Mom, Dad, Years

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• Nobody had a credit card when I was a kid. No one had credit card debt. But these big companies and banks wanted to know how to get more money out of people - get them charging things.

  Michael Moore

  Kids, People, Cards

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• Openness, transparency - these are among the few weapons the citizenry has to protect itself from the powerful and the corrupt... and that is the best thing that WikiLeaks has done.

  Michael Moore

  Powerful, Wikileaks, Done

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• The Iraqis who have risen up against the occupation are not 'insurgents' or 'terrorists' or 'The Enemy.' They are the REVOLUTION, the Minutemen, and their numbers will grow - and they will win.

  Michael Moore

  Winning, Numbers, Enemy

  "All Hail Moore" by David Brooks, www.nytimes.com. June 26, 2004.

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• A newspaper is a public trust, and we will suffer as a society without them. It is not the Internet that has killed them. It is their own greed, it is their own stupidity, and it is capitalism that has taken our daily newspapers from us.

  Michael Moore

  Trust, Taken, Stupidity

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• All of our political parties are bought and paid for by corporate America, Wall Street, and the wealthy interests. The Republican Party more so, but the Democrats take their share of the loot, too.

  Michael Moore

  Wall, Party, America

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• Ask anyone on Social Security if their check comes on time every month. Like clockwork. And it comes through the so-called dilapidated U.S. mail. My dad's check literally will come on the same day every month. The government has been quite good and efficient at creating a number of systems.

  Michael Moore

  Dad, Creating, Numbers

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• Back in the '80s and '90s, when GM was consistently posting giant profits, they were simultaneously firing tens of thousands of workers in my hometown of Flint and across Michigan.

  Michael Moore

  80s And 90s, Giants, Michigan

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• One thing I've learned about death threats is that they're great, actually. You should actually be grateful for death threats because those who are taking the time to threaten you that way are getting it out of their system. That's really what they rant to do, yell at you, and they want to threaten you.

  Michael Moore

  Grateful, Way, Want

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• Oprah's got good politics, she's got a good heart, and she'll have us all up Jazzercising at six in the morning. This cannot be a bad thing, and reading a book while we're Jazzercising. So America would be better off if Oprah were president.

  Michael Moore

  Morning, Reading, Book

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• Our laws demand that a corporation have a fiduciary responsibility with shareholders to maximize profits. They are legally required to make as much money as possible, any way possible within 'the law.'

  Michael Moore

  Responsibility, Law, Way

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• People of my age who went to college, go into college, you know what it cost back then? Nothing or next to nothing. At the most, you had to work at Dairy Queen during the summer and that would pay for your college education.

  Michael Moore

  Summer, Queens, College

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• Since 9/11, the Bush administration has used that tragic event as a justification to rip up our constitution and our civil liberties. And I honestly believe that one or two 9/11s, and martial law will be declared in our country and we're inching towards a police state.

  Michael Moore

  Country, Rip, Believe

  "The capped crusader" by Gary Younge, www.theguardian.com. October 4, 2003.

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• Sometimes it's important to vote - you know, to make a statement, to make a point; certainly, many of us who were involved in the Nader campaign in 2000 felt that way.

  Michael Moore

  Important, Campaigns, Way

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• Television has its own award. It's called the Emmy. It's a good award. I like it. I have one. But you don't see movies like 'The King's Speech' win Oscars and then go to TV and qualify for Emmys. In documentaries, some networks have been able to game the system.

  Michael Moore

  Kings, Winning, Awards

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• The health insurance industry does not like to pay out claims, because they don't make money. The only way they can make a profit is if they don't pay for your operation. If they pay for your operation and your doctor's appointment and your pharmaceuticals, they don't make any money.

  Michael Moore

  Doctors, Doe, Pay

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