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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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Michael Moore
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: April 23
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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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You can't regulate child labor. You can't regulate slavery. Some things are just wrong.
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I'm not a big believer in our copyright laws I find them way too restrictive.
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I certainly believe that I have no right to tell another couple whether they can or cannot be married.
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These bastards who run our country are a bunch of conniving, thieving, smug pricks who need to be brought down and removed and replaced with a whole new system that we control.
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