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One Thing I've Learned About Death Threats Is That They're Great, Actually. You Should Actually Be Grateful For Death Threats Because Those Who Are Taking The Time To Threaten You That Way Are Getting It Out Of Their System. That's Really What They Rant To Do, Yell At You, And They Want To Threaten You.

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Michael Moore

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One Thing I've Learned About Death Threats Is That They're Great, Actually. You Should Actually Be Grateful For Death Threats Because Those Who Are Taking The Time To Threaten You That Way Are Getting It Out Of Their System. That's Really What They Rant To Do, Yell At You, And They Want To Threaten You.

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My Film About Bush Didn't Prevent His Reelection.

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.

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.

White People Scare The Crap Out Of Me. I Have Never Been Attacked By A Black Person, Never Been Evicted By A Black Person, Never Had My Security Deposit Ripped Off By A Black Landlord, Never Had A Black Landlord, Never Been Pulled Over By A Black Cop, Never Been Sold A Lemon By A Black Car Salesman, Never Seen A Black Car Salesman, Never Had A Black Person Deny Me A Bank Loan, Never Had A Black Person Bury My Movie, And I've Never Heard A Black Person Say, 'we're Going To Eliminate Ten Thousand Jobs Here - Have A Nice Day!'

Capitalism Is An Evil, And You Cannot Regulate Evil. You Have To Eliminate It And Replace It With Something That Is Good For All People And That Something Is Democracy.

I Really Didn't Realize The Librarians Were, You Know, Such A Dangerous Group. They Are Subversive. You Think They're Just Sitting There At The Desk, All Quiet And Everything. They're Like Plotting The Revolution, Man. I Wouldn't Mess With Them. You Know, They've Had Their Budgets Cut. They're Paid Nothing. Books Are Falling Apart. The Libraries Are Just Like The Ass End Of Everything, Right?

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.

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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.

The Highest Courage Is To Dare To Be Yourself In The Face Of Adversity. Choosing Right Over Wrong, Ethic Over Convenience, And Truth Over Popularity ... These Are Choices That Measure Your Life. Travel The Path Of Integrity Without Looking Back, For There Is Never A Wrong Time To Do The Right Thing.

If Your Bank Took Bailout Money, Take Your Money Out Of That Bank And Put It In A Credit Union. Credit Unions Are Owned By The People Who Have Their Money In The Credit Union.

I'm Very Blessed And Fortunate That People Want To Go See My Movies.

Capitalism Means That A Few People Will Do Very Well, And The Rest Will Serve The Few.

I Realized That This Was The Big Secret Of Democracy -- That Change Can Occur By Starting Off With Just A Few People Doing Something.

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.

Openness, Transparency - These Are Among The Few Weapons The Citizenry Has To Protect Itself From The Powerful And The Corrupt... And That Is The Best Thing That Wikileaks Has Done.

Hope For The Best Is What We Do, Right From The Moment We're Born.

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