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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
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" You can't regulate child labor. You can't regulate slavery. Some things are just wrong. "
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" Healthcare should be between the doctor and the patient. And if the doctor says something needs to be done, the government should guarantee it gets paid for. "
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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. "
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" I'm not a proselytizer. I was raised Catholic. I am a Catholic. "
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" 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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" Four hundred obscenely wealthy individuals, 400 little Mubaraks - most of whom benefited in some way from the multi-trillion-dollar taxpayer bailout of 2008 - now have more cash, stock and property than the assets of 155 million Americans combined. "
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" 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. "
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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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" 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.' "
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" In some states, you can vote a straight party ticket, but you can't vote for individual candidates. "
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" I'm caught up probably just as much in the consumer culture as the next person. "
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" Before there were unions, there was no middle class. "
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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. "
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" Nobody was talking about healthcare until 'Sicko' came out. "
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" One day there'll be no need for me. I'm actually hoping to put myself out of business. "
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" I'm a highly flawed individual, as we all are, and because I was raised by Jesuits, I'm constantly, 'What is it about me and what I can do to be better?' "
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" No one is entertained by economics. "
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" All I ask is that you not be naive about how the government works when it decides to go after its prey. "
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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. "
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" Listen friends, you have to face the truth: You are never going to be rich... The system is rigged in favor of the few, and your name is not among them, not now and not ever. "
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" This is the crux of the problem: because the Republicans and the right wing have been successful in almost eliminating unions, everyone else has suffered as a result. "
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" Building up the arms did not cause the fall of Eastern Europe. "
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" You know, an opinion can be right or wrong. "
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" If you reduce the guns and the ammo, you'll reduce the murders. "
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" Greed has been with human beings forever. We have a number of things in our species that you would call 'the dark side,' and greed is one of them. If you don't put certain structures in place or restrictions on those parts of our being that come from that dark place, then it gets out of control. "
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" You know we are flawed people, so if someone is going to make a movie about me, they don't have to make it up. My real flaws are much funnier. "
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