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" I don't support the troops, America, and neither do you. "
Michael Moore
Troops
Neither
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" If you believe in equality, if you believe in standing up for the rights of all, especially for people most affected by bigotry and discrimination, then you have no choice but to be present and accounted for when it comes to standing up for gays and lesbians in our society. "
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" All art is about appealing to emotion. "
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" Filmmakers and artists always thrive during more liberal times. "
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" I was one of the first 18-year-olds in the United States elected to public office right after 18-year-olds got the right to vote back in the early '70s. I ran for the Board of Education. "
Michael Moore
Early
Back
Education
" We as Americans believe it's OK to kill people. We believe it's OK to invade a country that had nothing to do with 9/11. We think it's OK to invade a country where we think Osama Bin Laden is and he's in the other country. So we just go in and we just kill. And we have the death penalty; we sanction it. "
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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. "
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" I went without health insurance until 'Roger & Me,' basically - from about age 20 till about age 35. With 'Roger & Me,' I joined the Directors Guild and the Writers Guild, and since then I've had excellent health care managed by the union. "
Michael Moore
Health
Insurance
Age
" 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. "
Michael Moore
Eagle
Me
Scout
" I don't like to sit around whining about the corporate media, how they control everything, own everything. We already know that. "
Michael Moore
Own
Media
Everything
" 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
Enemy
Revolution
Win
" I assume everything I'm saying in an email or saying on the telephone is being looked at. "
Michael Moore
Email
Telephone
Saying
" One day there'll be no need for me. I'm actually hoping to put myself out of business. "
Michael Moore
Need
Myself
Me
" First of all, the American people are inundated with advertisement after advertisement of you buy, buy, buy. You've got to have the latest thing. The iPad 1 isn't any good anymore, you've got to have the iPad 2. The iPhone 4, now you've got to have iPhone 4S. Now you've got to have the 5b, now you've got to have the 6c. "
Michael Moore
You
People
Now
" I like America to some extent. "
Michael Moore
Extent
America
Some
" I think movies are too long. "
Michael Moore
I Think
Long
Too
" 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
Support
Home
Democrats
" I have a rule: I want the pilot flying me up in the air at 30,000 feet to make more than a guy working at Taco Bell. "
Michael Moore
Me
Want
Flying
" I and you and everyone else has to be a political activist. "
Michael Moore
Activist
Else
Everyone
" 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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War
Government
Rich
" Many criminals believe what they say is true; they could pass a lie detector test. "
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Believe
Lie
Say
" I'm not a proselytizer. I was raised Catholic. I am a Catholic. "
Michael Moore
Am
I Was Raised
Raised
" Because I have an opinion, I have become public enemy number one to the Fox News Channel and the right wing. "
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Enemy
News
Opinion
" We live in a time when fictitious election results elect a fictitious president. We live in a time where we have a man sending us to war for fictitious reasons. "
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Time
Results
Man
" Bush's presidency is revisionism-proof. We're going to be recovering from it for the rest of our lives. "
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Going
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" There's only one movie theater in the entire city of Detroit. The entire city has one open movie theater, and it is in the - it is in the General Motors headquarters complex. "
Michael Moore
Detroit
City
Movie Theater
" We're never gonna get rid of crazy people. They've been around for thousands of years - they'll continue to be around; they'll continue to do horrible things. "
Michael Moore
Crazy People
Never
Been
" One of the basic tenets of the working class is you want to get out of the working class. "
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You
Want
Class
" The vast majority of the guns in the U.S. are sold to white people who live in the suburbs or the country. When we fantasize about being mugged or home invaded, what's the image of the perpetrator in our heads? Is it the freckled-face kid from down the street - or is it someone who is, if not black, at least poor? "
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White
Black
Home
" WikiLeaks, God bless them, will save lives as a result of their actions. "
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Bless
Will
Save