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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

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" I respect the fact that people have worked hard all week and want to go to the movies on the weekend and be entertained. "

" Contrary to what those in power would like you to believe so that you'll give up your pension, cut your wages, and settle for the life your great-grandparents had, America is not broke. Not by a long shot. The country is awash in wealth and cash. "

" 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. "

" All religions teach the same basic thing, that you have to stand up for those that are considered the worst. "

" Capitalism is an evil, and you cannot regulate evil. "

" There's been almost a dozen films that have been made against me. There's actually more films made attacking me than films I've made. "

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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. "

" Most people don't see themselves as Democrats or Republicans. They see themselves as Americans. "

" I think movies are too long. "

" This book, 'Stupid White Men,' has sold now over four million copies worldwide. Probably about half of that may be in the U.S. and Canada, and the rest, overseas. "

" It's not surprising to me that in a country born of racial genocide, the issue of race is still an open wound on the American soul. We haven't dealt with it. "

" Transporting Americans is and should be one of the most important functions our government must address. "

" 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. "

" The 'fiscal cliff' is a ruse, an invention by the right and the rich, to try and keep their huge tax breaks. "

" I'm going to guess Republicans and Democrats, liberals and conservatives, all want clean air to breathe and clean water to drink. I'm sure most people think women should be paid the same as men if they're doing the same job. I think we all want good schools for our kids. If we made that list, we actually are in agreement on more things. "

" 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. "

" I think that capitalism in general is responsible, not for the worldwide recession, but for a lot of suffering, both in the United States and around the world. "

" 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. "

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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. "

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

" Most Americans are very responsible. "

" If there ever is a struggle, making a good movie will always supersede the need to be noble. "

" I'm very blessed and fortunate that people want to go see my movies. "

Michael Moore

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" You can't debate satire. Either you get it or you don't. "

" Politicians never keep all their promises. "

" No decisions should ever be made without asking the question, is this for the common good? "

" The money to fund great things and innovations and programs is gone in our lifetime; it's all gone to debt. So we won't be able to solve global warming or have the transportation that we needed for the 21st century. We should be supporting people with great ideas, but it's gone, and now it's gotta be paid back with interest to banks in China. "

" I have never owned a share of stock in my life, and the only time I've double dipped into anything is at the snack tray. "

" The left, liberals, believe that if we just have more gun control laws, all the problems are going to go away. Well, I don't think so. I don't think so. I think - yes, it will, it will be reduced. There's no question about that. "