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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
Democracy
Information
People
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" 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. "
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" What really went wrong is that General Motors has had this philosophy from the beginning that what's good for General Motors is good for the country. So, their attitude was, 'We'll build it and you buy it. We'll tell you what to buy. You just buy it.' "
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" I like America to some extent. "
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" The motivation for war is simple. The U.S. government started the war with Iraq in order to make it easy for U.S. corporations to do business in other countries. They intend to use cheap labor in those countries, which will make Americans rich. "
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" The No. 1 cause of bankruptcies is medical bills. "
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" We all need to be huge supporters of the theatrical documentary. "
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" I was taught from a very early age that it was probably the most American thing you can do is to question what's going on and to try to fix things that you see that aren't right. I believed that as a young person, and I believe that today. "
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" North Korea has taught a great lesson to all the countries in the world, especially the rogue countries of dictatorships or whatever: if you don't want to be invaded by America, get some nuclear weapons. "
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Great
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World
" White people scare the crap out of me. "
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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. "
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Best
Done
Few
" We reward people for making money off money, and moving money around and dividing up mortgages a thousand times over, selling it to China... and it becomes this shell game. "
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Off
People
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" Transporting Americans is and should be one of the most important functions our government must address. "
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Government
Most
Must
" Filmmakers and artists always thrive during more liberal times. "
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Liberal
Artists
" I like BuzzFeed, and I understand the pressure that online reporters are under. But I think everyone agrees that, despite all the awesome kitten gifs, they're still obligated to be skeptical of government officials and ask the right questions. "
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Think
Questions
Pressure
" I did a filmstrip on pollution in the Davison area as my Eagle Scout project and showed it around town. Businesses who were the polluters were mad at me. "
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Eagle
Me
Scout
" Any time you got the Pope and the Dixie Chicks against you, your time is up. "
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You
Up
Against
" Part of my job is to read the paper, watch C-Span and show things that haven't been shown or were buried. "
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Paper
Job
Been
" No 22-year-old should have to enter the real world already in a virtual debtors' prison. "
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Virtual
Real World
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" The American media wants to pump you full of fear. "
Michael Moore
Wants
Full
Fear
" When I make a film, I'm not doing it purely for political reasons. If I just wanted to do that, I'd run for office. "
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Doing
Film
Run
" Occupy has to continue as a bold, in-your-face movement - occupying banks, corporate headquarters, board meetings, campuses and Wall Street itself. We need weekly - if not daily - nonviolent assaults right on Wall Street. "
Michael Moore
Need
Bold
Meetings
" The purpose of art actually is, in many cases, to make you feel quite uncomfortable. Or at least to go to that place that's already of discomfort inside of you and tap into that. "
Michael Moore
Art
You
Inside
" I tell everybody on the first day of making a movie that if anyone's here to further their career, they should leave. I'm gonna make the movie in such a way that we won't have a career when this movie comes out. Because the people who hold the moneybags are not going to want to share any of that money with us to make the next movie! "
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People
Way
Career
" 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. "
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People
Credit
Nobody
" The entire business world has figured out how to make huge buckets of money without hiring us to work for them. "
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Without
Work
World
" There's no violence coming from the Occupy protesters. "
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Violence
Coming
Occupy
" I've read stories of slave owners who were very generous. They didn't keep them in shackles, they didn't whip the slaves, they built schools and churches for them, free housing, free food, free everything. It's wrong. No matter how nice you make it look, it's wrong. "
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Look
Food
Free
" New York City has become a place where it's not easy for the working class to even live. "
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City
Class
" Any time you've got both the Pope and the Dixie Chicks against you, you're not long for the White House. "
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You
Against
" WikiLeaks, God bless them, will save lives as a result of their actions. "
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Bless
Will
Save