Michael Moore Zitate auf Englisch

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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 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.

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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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White people scare the crap out of me.

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Any time you've got both the Pope and the Dixie Chicks against you, you're not long for the White House.

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Any time you got the Pope and the Dixie Chicks against you, your time is up.

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Should such an ignorant people lead the world? How did it come to this in the first place? 82 percent of us don't even have a passport! Just a handful can speak a language other than English.

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All art is about appealing to emotion.

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'Champagne' and 'breathmint' are the first two words all Oscar winners hear.

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

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Democrats have a history of backing away, backing down.

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The Iraqis who have risen up against the occupation are not 'insurgents' or 'terrorists' or 'The Enemy.' They are the revolution, the Minutemen, and their numbers will grow - and they will win.

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

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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.

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My film about Bush didn't prevent his reelection.

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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.

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There's a gullible side to the American people. They can be easily misled. Religion is the best device used to mislead them.

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

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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.

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I'm actually a fairly conservative person. I live a very conservative lifestyle.

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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.

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The majority of Americans, the ones who never elected George W. Bush, are not fooled by his weapons of mass distraction.

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We live in a time when fictitious election results elect a fictitious president. We live in a time where we have a man sending us to war for fictitious reasons.

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I've always felt so grateful that I dropped out of school, that I never had to do a thesis. I wouldn't know how to organise and structure myself to film so that B follows A and C follows B.

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I have enormous respect for anyone who would offer to sacrifice their life to defend my right to live. Is there any greater gift one can give another?

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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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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.

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

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For my very first movie, 'Roger and Me,' I made it as part of my deal with Warner Brothers that the four people that were evicted in that film, that Warner Brothers would house - would pay their mortgage or their rent for the next two years to give them a chance to get on their feet.

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The upper 1 percent, the people down on Wall Street, the corporate executives, they're the people that control this economy.

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The Justice Department needs to investigate how Goldman Sachs was able to steer things in such a manner through their former employees in the Bush administration, so that in the end Goldman's competitors have disappeared and Goldman is left standing.

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I'm a millionaire, I'm a multi-millionaire. I'm filthy rich. You know why I'm a multi-millionaire? 'Cause multi-millions like what I do.

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I went without health insurance until 'Roger & Me,' basically - from about age 20 till about age 35. With 'Roger & Me,' I joined the Directors Guild and the Writers Guild, and since then I've had excellent health care managed by the union.

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I think there are few things more patriotic than taking the time to make your country a better place.

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I watch way too much C-SPAN.

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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.

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We're never gonna get rid of crazy people. They've been around for thousands of years - they'll continue to be around; they'll continue to do horrible things.

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