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Michael Moore Quotes

Yeah, I think of what I do as a work of journalism. It’s more like the op-ed page, though. These are my opinions. My point of view. The opinions are mine and I let you make up your own mind Picture Quote #1

A newspaper is a public trust, and we will suffer as a society without them. It is not the Internet that has killed them. It is their own greed, it is their own stupidity, and it is capitalism that has taken our daily newspapers from us Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Back in the late 90s, I put together a humorous newsmagazine program called ‘The Awful Truth’ for Bravo. We helped one guy get an organ transplant whose insurance company had refused to pay. I thought, if we could save a guy’s life in a 10-minute segment on cable, what could we do if we devoted a whole movie to a whole bunch of people? Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Every night I watch the nightly news. It’s funded by the pharmaceutical companies. Virtually every ad is a drug ad. They get their say every night on the nightly news through advertising Picture Quote #1

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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 Picture Quote #1

How could a guy sitting in a cave in Afghanistan, have... plotted so perfectly the hijacking of four planes and then guaranteed that three of them would end up precisely on their targets? Picture Quote #1

I come from the state of Michigan. We were the first English-speaking government in the world to outlaw the death penalty, back in the 1840s. We have never had, as a state, the death penalty in Michigan. I was raised with that, and even Republicans in Michigan, nobody would even think of putting a measure on the ballot to have the death penalty Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

I did not like ‘The Hurt Locker.’ It’s a lazy way to make a movie, frankly. I could put you on the edge of your seat quite easily, and have you feel the tension for 2 hours, if every other scene practically is, ‘Should we cut the red wire or the green wire?’ Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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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 Picture Quote #1

I don’t even like DVDs. Honest to God, in my lifetime, I might have rented a dozen DVDs, literally gone into a video store and rented a dozen DVDs in my lifetime, because I don’t like to see movies that way. I like to see them on the big screen Picture Quote #1

I like BuzzFeed, and I understand the pressure that online reporters are under. But I think everyone agrees that, despite all the awesome kitten gifs, they’re still obligated to be skeptical of government officials and ask the right questions Picture Quote #1

I remember the first time I received a cassette tape of a band called The Clash. I became an instant fan of the Clash and then bought their albums after that and went to their concerts and gave them my money... but I first got it for free Picture Quote #1

I still believe the lessons I learned when I was raised in a Roman Catholic household. Like, it’s harder for a rich man to get into Heaven than for a camel to go through the eye of a needle Picture Quote #1

I think if people who are attacking me or against me, if they would just watch one of my films, they would - they may not agree with me politically on all the things I’m saying. But they will know at the end of the film that I love this country and that I have a heart. And they’ll have a good laugh throughout the film Picture Quote #1

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I was kind of a strange child. My parents knew early on that something must have been wrong with me. I crawled backwards until I was two, but had Kennedy’s inaugural address memorized by the time I was six Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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? Picture Quote #1

I’ve been encouraging documentary filmmakers to use more and more humor, and they’re loath to do that because they think if it’s a documentary it has to be deadly serious - it has to be like medicine that you’re supposed to take. And I think it’s what keeps the mass audience from going to documentaries Picture Quote #1

If anything, I don’t have to convince the American public that we have a broken health-care system. I think the majority of Americans since they have to go through that health-care system, already know it Picture Quote #1

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If you’re in a diabetic or prediabetic state, it’s good to have medication to go on for a period of time. But simply by making the changes - get your sleep, 35 grams of fiber and a half-hour walk - your cholesterol will come down, your sugar will come down, and your blood pressure will come down. Only the minority of people can’t control it Picture Quote #1

In America, we don’t, in daily discourse, use the words ‘capitalism’ or ‘socialism.’ They’ve been kind of nonexistent words, I would say, amongst the general public Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Oprah’s got good politics, she’s got a good heart, and she’ll have us all up Jazzercising at six in the morning. This cannot be a bad thing, and reading a book while we’re Jazzercising. So America would be better off if Oprah were president Picture Quote #1

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Yeah, I think of what I do as a work of journalism. It’s more like the op-ed page, though. These are my opinions. My point of view. The opinions are mine and I let you make up your own mind (Michael Moore Quotes) A newspaper is a public trust, and we will suffer as a society without them. It is not the Internet that has killed them. It is their own greed, it is their own stupidity, and it is capitalism that has taken our daily newspapers from us (Michael Moore Quotes) 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 (Michael Moore Quotes) Back in the late 90s, I put together a humorous newsmagazine program called ‘The Awful Truth’ for Bravo. We helped one guy get an organ transplant whose insurance company had refused to pay. I thought, if we could save a guy’s life in a 10-minute segment on cable, what could we do if we devoted a whole movie to a whole bunch of people? (Michael Moore Quotes) 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 (Michael Moore Quotes) Every night I watch the nightly news. It’s funded by the pharmaceutical companies. Virtually every ad is a drug ad. They get their say every night on the nightly news through advertising (Michael Moore Quotes) 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 (Michael Moore Quotes) How could a guy sitting in a cave in Afghanistan, have... plotted so perfectly the hijacking of four planes and then guaranteed that three of them would end up precisely on their targets? (Michael Moore Quotes) I come from the state of Michigan. We were the first English-speaking government in the world to outlaw the death penalty, back in the 1840s. We have never had, as a state, the death penalty in Michigan. I was raised with that, and even Republicans in Michigan, nobody would even think of putting a measure on the ballot to have the death penalty (Michael Moore Quotes) 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 Quotes) I did not like ‘The Hurt Locker.’ It’s a lazy way to make a movie, frankly. I could put you on the edge of your seat quite easily, and have you feel the tension for 2 hours, if every other scene practically is, ‘Should we cut the red wire or the green wire?’ (Michael Moore Quotes) 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 Quotes) 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 (Michael Moore Quotes) I don’t even like DVDs. Honest to God, in my lifetime, I might have rented a dozen DVDs, literally gone into a video store and rented a dozen DVDs in my lifetime, because I don’t like to see movies that way. I like to see them on the big screen (Michael Moore Quotes) I like BuzzFeed, and I understand the pressure that online reporters are under. But I think everyone agrees that, despite all the awesome kitten gifs, they’re still obligated to be skeptical of government officials and ask the right questions (Michael Moore Quotes) I remember the first time I received a cassette tape of a band called The Clash. I became an instant fan of the Clash and then bought their albums after that and went to their concerts and gave them my money... but I first got it for free (Michael Moore Quotes) I still believe the lessons I learned when I was raised in a Roman Catholic household. Like, it’s harder for a rich man to get into Heaven than for a camel to go through the eye of a needle (Michael Moore Quotes) I think if people who are attacking me or against me, if they would just watch one of my films, they would - they may not agree with me politically on all the things I’m saying. But they will know at the end of the film that I love this country and that I have a heart. And they’ll have a good laugh throughout the film (Michael Moore Quotes) I was kind of a strange child. My parents knew early on that something must have been wrong with me. I crawled backwards until I was two, but had Kennedy’s inaugural address memorized by the time I was six (Michael Moore Quotes) 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 Quotes) 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 (Michael Moore Quotes) 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? (Michael Moore Quotes) I’ve been encouraging documentary filmmakers to use more and more humor, and they’re loath to do that because they think if it’s a documentary it has to be deadly serious - it has to be like medicine that you’re supposed to take. And I think it’s what keeps the mass audience from going to documentaries (Michael Moore Quotes) If anything, I don’t have to convince the American public that we have a broken health-care system. I think the majority of Americans since they have to go through that health-care system, already know it (Michael Moore Quotes) If you’re in a diabetic or prediabetic state, it’s good to have medication to go on for a period of time. But simply by making the changes - get your sleep, 35 grams of fiber and a half-hour walk - your cholesterol will come down, your sugar will come down, and your blood pressure will come down. Only the minority of people can’t control it (Michael Moore Quotes) In America, we don’t, in daily discourse, use the words ‘capitalism’ or ‘socialism.’ They’ve been kind of nonexistent words, I would say, amongst the general public (Michael Moore Quotes) 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 (Michael Moore Quotes) 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 (Michael Moore Quotes) 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 (Michael Moore Quotes) Oprah’s got good politics, she’s got a good heart, and she’ll have us all up Jazzercising at six in the morning. This cannot be a bad thing, and reading a book while we’re Jazzercising. So America would be better off if Oprah were president (Michael Moore Quotes)

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