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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.
Michael Moore
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Michael Moore
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: April 23
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I'm not a pundit. I'm not an analyst. I don't want to participate in the existing debate that's going on about whether or not you should be able to have as many guns as you want to have or that guns are even the problem.
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Under Reagan came the idea of putting your pension plan in the stock market, which wasn't a guaranteed pension.
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I realized that this was the big secret of democracy -- that change can occur by starting off with just a few people doing something.
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If someone did this Fahrenheit 9/11 to get back at Bush, then they did so by killing thousands of people who DID NOT VOTE for him! Boston, New York, D.C., and the planes' destination of California - these were places that voted AGAINST Bush!
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If the guy out in the woods with the Michigan Militia is a real estate negotiator, instead of some crackpot, and has a normal life, that's unnerving. You don't want to think it's as normal as the guy next door, hedging his lawn. It's easier to demonize or separate them off from 'us.'
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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.
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Middle class jobs prevent crime and violence.
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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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I had a newspaper in Flint, Michigan called the 'Flint Voice,' and so it was a, you know, underground, alternative newspaper that I edited and put out for about ten years.
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My uncle killed by sniper in WW2. We were taught snipers were cowards. Will shoot u in the back. Snipers aren't heroes. And invaders r worse.
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Sometimes it's important to vote - you know, to make a statement, to make a point certainly, many of us who were involved in the Nader campaign in 2000 felt that way.
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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.
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I think I'm in the majority of Americans. I believe that I am in the mainstream of middle America.
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This is the crux of the problem: because the Republicans and the right wing have been successful in almost eliminating unions, everyone else has suffered as a result.
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Clearly I am a person who suffers from a lack of ego.
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I've never supported this concept of going after Napster. I think the rock bands who fought this were wrong.
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No one is entertained by economics.
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There Is No Terrorist Threat In This Country. This Is A Lie. This Is The Biggest Lie We've Been Told.
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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.
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I'm caught up probably just as much in the consumer culture as the next person.
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