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There Is No Terrorist Threat. Yes, There Have Been Horrific Acts Of Terrorism And, Yes, There Will Be Acts Of Terrorism Again. But That Doesn't Mean That There's Some Kind Of Massive Terrorist Threat.

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There Is No Terrorist

Michael Moore

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There Is No Terrorist Threat. Yes, There Have Been Horrific Acts Of Terrorism And, Yes, There Will Be Acts Of Terrorism Again. But That Doesn't Mean That There's Some Kind Of Massive Terrorist Threat.

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Guarantees That

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Well, "the Washington Post" Three Weeks Ago Had This Investigation And They Said That President Obama Has Now Raised More Money From Wall Street And The Banks For This Election Cycle Than All - Than All Eight Republicans Combined. I Don't Want To Say That, Because If That's The Truth, That Wall Street Already Has Their Man And His Name Is Barack Obama, Then We've Got A Much Bigger Problem.

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I'm From The Midwest, And Guys Like Me Don't Go On Diets. We Don't Do Well On Spinning Classes.

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I'd Feel Bad If I Had You Come Into A Theater And You Leave Feeling Ripped Off.

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I'm A Religious Fanatic? Yes, I Am, Actually.

Religious Fanatics

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Anything And Everything

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Army Specialist Bradley Manning Deserves A Medal, Not Prison.

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I Say Stupid White Men Are Always The Problem. That's Never Going To Change.

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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.

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've Never Supported This Concept Of Going After Napster. I Think The Rock Bands Who Fought This Were Wrong.

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There's Only One Movie Theater In The Entire City Of Detroit. The Entire City Has One Open Movie Theater, And It Is In The - It Is In The General Motors Headquarters Complex.

I Think As A Filmmaker My First Contribution Would Just Be To Make A Good Movie That People Would Love To See And Leave The Theatre Charged, With A Sense Of Excitement.

My Film About Bush Didn't Prevent His Reelection.

I Don't Agree With The Copyright Laws And I Don't Have A Problem With People Downloading The Movie And Sharing It With People As Long As They're Not Doing It To Make A Profit Off My Labor. You Share Things With People And I Think Information, And Art, And Ideas Should Be Shared.

I Don't Want To Involve Myself In The Various Arguments About Why Israel Was Created . . . . . I Want To Deal With The Situation At Hand Which Is The Ongoing Killing On Both Sides. . . . . . . It's True That There's Also Much Oppression Of Palestinians In Arab Countries, Where Palestinians Aren't Allowed To Vote Or Own Property And Are Treated As Second Class Citizens And Pawns In The Fight Against Israel. But I'm Not Going To Spend My Time On This Since There Is Isn't A Whole Lot I Can Do About It.

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.

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.

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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Filmmakers And Artists Always Thrive During More Liberal Times.

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.

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One Thing I Learned As A Journalist Is That There Is At Least One Disgruntled Person In Every Workplace In America - And At Least Double That Number With A Conscience. Hard As They Try, They Simply Can't Turn Their Heads Away From An Injustice When They See One Taking Place.

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