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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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" I had a newspaper in Flint, Michigan called the 'Flint Voice,' and so it was a, you know, underground, alternative newspaper that I edited and put out for about ten years. "

" 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. "

" I'm the kind of person that believes there's a part of your voting that has to be purely on principle, and there's a part that has to be on strategy. "

" I do believe that we are to love our enemies and do good to those who persecute you. I believe that there is power and strength in that. "

" I drive an American car. It's a Chrysler. That's not an endorsement. It's more like a cry for pity. "

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

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

" Capitalism is an organized system to guarantee that greed becomes the primary force of our economic system and allows the few at the top to get very wealthy and has the rest of us riding around thinking we can be that way, too - if we just work hard enough, sell enough Tupperware and Amway products, we can get a pink Cadillac. "

" Three of the top six documentaries of all time, grossing, are made by me. "

" Because I have an opinion, I have become public enemy number one to the Fox News Channel and the right wing. "

" 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. "

" My films don't have instant impact because they're dense with ideas that people have not thought about. It takes a while for the American public to wrap its head around some of the things I'm saying. "

" 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? "

" There's no violence coming from the Occupy protesters. "

" I'm interested to see what happens with Fox News and phone hacking. I really can't believe it just happens in Great Britain. Because really, who cares about just hacking phones over there? "

" 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. "

" Before there were unions, there was no middle class. "

" They said VCRs would kill the movies; it didn't. "

" A common denominator among big guys like me who are trying to take care of our health is that we're not getting enough sleep. "

" I'm not a proselytizer. I was raised Catholic. I am a Catholic. "

" 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. "

" Documentaries are a form of journalism. "

" 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. "

" If I were a capitalist I would not give my employees health insurance with no deductible, which I do, including dental, and paid pregnancy leave. That's not called capitalism, that's called being a Christian and someone who believes in democracy, so that everyone should get a fair slice of the pie. "

" The days of using my name as a pejorative are now over. The right wing turned me into an accidental spokesperson for the liberal, majority agenda. "

" Somehow, I don't think Jesus came to Earth to ring the bell at the New York Stock Exchange. "

" 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. "

" The American public believes that health care is a right and not a commodity. "

" 'Zero Dark Thirty' is a disturbing, fantastically-made movie. It will make you hate torture. "