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

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" 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. "

" The wealthy have never liked to pay for the labor that enriches them. Ever since slavery was eliminated, they have been trying to keep it as close to slavery as they can without violating the slave laws. "

" Democracy is not a spectator sport, it's a participatory event. If we don't participate in it, it ceases to be a democracy. "

" 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. "

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

" All of our political parties are bought and paid for by corporate America, Wall Street, and the wealthy interests. The Republican Party more so, but the Democrats take their share of the loot, too. "

" I'm used to my films having little effect on making the world a better place. "

" Nobody has been arrested on Wall Street for the crash of 2008. They're not paying their fair share of the taxes. And now with the Citizens United case of the Supreme Court, they get to buy politicians up out in the open. "

" What I'm asking for is a new economic order. I don't know how to construct that; I'm not an economist. "

" 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. "

" All I ask is that you not be naive about how the government works when it decides to go after its prey. "

" I don't want to be pigeonholed into the guy who's against everything. "

" I don't believe that the Bush Administration had something to do with September 11th. I do believe that there were a lot of warning signals, but I don't think they were ignored on purpose - Bush just wanted to go to the ranch for a month. "

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

" The idea that cinema can be dangerous is a great idea. "

" I think movies are too long. "

" How do you deliver democracy to a country? You don't do it down the barrel of a gun. That's not how you deliver it. "

" 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. "

" I'm from the Midwest, and guys like me don't go on diets. We don't do well on spinning classes. "

" 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. "

" Filmmakers and artists always thrive during more liberal times. "

" If the Founding Fathers could have looked into a crystal ball and seen AK-47s and Glock semi-automatic pistols, I think they would say, you know, 'That's not really what we mean when we say bear arms.' "

" L.A. - talk about a cruel city: Patients are forcibly removed from hospitals. "

" It really is disgusting when a guy in a ball cap with a high school education is the one asking the tough questions. "

" I and you and everyone else has to be a political activist. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Back in the '80s and '90s, when GM was consistently posting giant profits, they were simultaneously firing tens of thousands of workers in my hometown of Flint and across Michigan. "

" 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'm not a big believer in our copyright laws; I find them way too restrictive. "