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What Controversy?</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Michael_Moore_66%C3%A8me_Festival_de_Venise_(Mostra)_9.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Michael_Moore_66%C3%A8me_Festival_de_Venise_%28Mostra%29_9.jpg/220px-Michael_Moore_66%C3%A8me_Festival_de_Venise_%28Mostra%29_9.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="330" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Michael_Moore_66%C3%A8me_Festival_de_Venise_%28Mostra%29_9.jpg/330px-Michael_Moore_66%C3%A8me_Festival_de_Venise_%28Mostra%29_9.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Michael_Moore_66%C3%A8me_Festival_de_Venise_%28Mostra%29_9.jpg/440px-Michael_Moore_66%C3%A8me_Festival_de_Venise_%28Mostra%29_9.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="1500" /></a><figcaption>A lot of political people, especially people on the left, have forgotten the importance of humor as an <i>incredible</i> weapon, and a vehicle through which to affect change.</figcaption></figure> <p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Moore" class="extiw" title="w:Michael Moore">Michael Francis Moore</a></b> (born <a href="/wiki/April_23" title="April 23">April 23</a>, <a href="/wiki/1954" class="mw-disambig" title="1954">1954</a>) is an Academy Award-winning American filmmaker, author, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socialism_in_the_United_States" class="extiw" title="w:Socialism in the United States">socialist</a> political commentator. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Quotes">Quotes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Michael_Moore&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Quotes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><b>Well I failed to bring Roger to Flint. As we neared the end of the twentieth century, the rich were richer, the poor, poorer.</b> And people everywhere now had a lot less lint, thanks to the lint rollers made in my hometown. It was truly the dawn of a new era. <ul><li><i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_%26_Me" class="extiw" title="w:Roger & Me">Roger & Me</a></i> (1989)</li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2001">2001</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Michael_Moore&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: 2001"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:National_Park_Service_9-11_Statue_of_Liberty_and_WTC.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/National_Park_Service_9-11_Statue_of_Liberty_and_WTC.jpg/220px-National_Park_Service_9-11_Statue_of_Liberty_and_WTC.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="180" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/National_Park_Service_9-11_Statue_of_Liberty_and_WTC.jpg/330px-National_Park_Service_9-11_Statue_of_Liberty_and_WTC.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/National_Park_Service_9-11_Statue_of_Liberty_and_WTC.jpg/440px-National_Park_Service_9-11_Statue_of_Liberty_and_WTC.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1540" data-file-height="1260" /></a><figcaption>I will have to face an ugly truth that has been gnawing through my head... No bomb was set off, no missile was fired, no weapon … was used. A boxcutter! — I can't stop thinking about this. A thousand gun control laws would not have prevented this massacre.</figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/White_people" title="White people">White people</a> scare the crap out of me... I have never been attacked by a <a href="/wiki/Black_people" title="Black people">black person</a>, 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!" <ul><li><cite style="font-style:normal" class="book"><i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stupid_White_Men" class="extiw" title="w:Stupid White Men">Stupid White Men ...and Other Excuses For the State of the Nation!</a></i>. 2001. <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0060392452" title="Special:BookSources/0060392452">ISBN 0060392452</a>. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OCLC" class="extiw" title="w:OCLC">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://worldcat.org/oclc/49040476">49040476</a>.</cite><span class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=%5B%5Bw%3AStupid+White+Men%7CStupid+White+Men+...and+Other+Excuses+For+the+State+of+the+Nation%21%5D%5D&rft.date=2001&rft_id=info:oclcnum/49040476&rft.isbn=0060392452&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Michael_Moore"><span style="display: none;"> </span></span></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>Many families have been devastated tonight. This is just not right. They did not deserve to die. … If someone did this to get back at <a href="/wiki/George_W._Bush" title="George W. Bush">Bush</a>, then they did so by killing thousands of people who DID NOT VOTE for him. <a href="/wiki/Boston" title="Boston">Boston</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York</a>, <a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">D.C.</a>, and the planes' destination of <a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a> — these were the places that voted AGAINST Bush. <ul><li>Statement of 12 September 2001 attributed to Moore, as published in <cite style="font-style:normal">Hymowitz, Kay S. (Summer 2003). "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.city-journal.org/html/13_3_michael_moore.html">Michael Moore, Humbug</a>". <i>City Journal</i>.</cite></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>I can't even think about this movie. I don't WANT to think about it because if I think about it <b>I will have to face an ugly truth that has been gnawing through my head...</b><br /> This started out as a documentary on gun violence in America, but the largest mass murder in our history was just committed — without the use of a single gun! Not a single bullet fired! <b>No <a href="/wiki/Bombs" title="Bombs">bomb</a> was set off, no missile was fired, no <a href="/wiki/Weapon" title="Weapon">weapon</a> (i.e., a device that was solely and specifically manufactured to kill humans) was used. A boxcutter! — I can't stop thinking about this. A thousand <a href="/wiki/Gun_control" class="mw-redirect" title="Gun control">gun control</a> laws would not have prevented this massacre.</b> What am I doing? <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/mikes-letter/tears-down-the-west-side-highway">Tears Down the West Side Highway</a>. <i>MichaelMoore.com</i> (<span class="mw-formatted-date" title="2001-09-22">22 September 2001</span>).</li> <li>In response to the <a href="/wiki/September_11_attacks" title="September 11 attacks">September 11 attacks</a> on New York City</li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2002">2002</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Michael_Moore&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: 2002"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Libraries" title="Libraries">Librarians</a> see themselves as the guardians of the <a href="/wiki/First_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution" title="First Amendment to the United States Constitution">First Amendment</a>. … You got a thousand <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Harris_Jones" class="extiw" title="w:Mary Harris Jones">Mother Joneses</a> at the barricades!</b> I love the librarians, and I am grateful for them! <ul><li>On the role of outraged librarians protesting when publisher HarperCollins insisted he rewrite <i>Stupid White Men</i> to be less critical of President Bush. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://archive.salon.com/books/feature/2002/01/07/moore/print.html">"Muzzling Moore" <i>Salon</i> (7 January 2002)</a></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>I'm a <a href="/wiki/Millionaire" title="Millionaire">millionaire</a>, I'm a multi-millionaire, I'm filthy rich. You know why I'm a multi-millionaire? 'Cause multi-millions like what I do. That's pretty good, isn't it? There's millions that believe in what I do. Pretty cool, huh? <ul><li>Responding to criticism over his purchase of a million-dollar home, as quoted in the <i>Arcata Eye</i> (3 March 2002); and in <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.stanfordreview.org/Archive/Volume_XXVIII/Issue_4/Opinion/opinion2.shtml">"Moore Lies, Moore Fun at Stanford" by Joe Fairbanks in the <i>Stanford Review</i> (17 April 2002)</a></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>If the small <a href="/wiki/Business" title="Business">businesses</a> suck they'll be driven out of business... If they got a good <a href="/wiki/Restaurant" title="Restaurant">restaurant</a>, people will go there and eat. You know in my town the small businesses that everyone wanted to protect? They were the people that supported all the <a href="/wiki/Right-wing_politics" title="Right-wing politics">right-wing</a> groups. They were the <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republicans</a> in the town, they were in the Kiwanas, the Chamber of Commerce — people that kept the town all white. The small hardware salesman, the small clothing store salespersons, Jesse the Barber who signed his name three different times on three different petitions to recall me from the school board. Fuck all these small businesses — fuck 'em all! Bring in the chains. The small businesspeople are the rednecks that run the town and suppress the people. Fuck 'em all. That's how I feel. <ul><li>As quoted in <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.arcataeye.com/top/020312top02.shtml">"Moore confounds anti-corporate conventional wisdom" by Cory Ratzlaff, in <i>Arcata Eye</i> (12 March 2002)</a></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>You know he's there illegally. You know he was not elected either by the <a href="/wiki/2000_United_States_presidential_election" title="2000 United States presidential election">popular vote</a> or by the vote in <a href="/wiki/Florida" title="Florida">Florida</a>. <ul><li>On President <a href="/wiki/George_W._Bush" title="George W. Bush">George W. Bush</a> in <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.buzzflash.com/interviews/2002/03/Michael_Moore_031302.html">"BuzzFlash Interviews Michael Moore" (13 March 2002)</a></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>We know all those facts about Florida and what <a href="/wiki/Katherine_Harris" title="Katherine Harris">Katherine Harris</a> did, and the private firm that took <a href="/wiki/African_American" class="mw-redirect" title="African American">African-Americans</a> off the voting rolls and prohibited them from <a href="/wiki/Elections" title="Elections">voting</a>. But I've been surprised in this first week how many average Americans were not aware of all of the trickery and deceit that took place in the year before the election to fix it for George W. Bush. <ul><li>"BuzzFlash Interviews Michael Moore" (13 March 2002)</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>It was the morning of April 20, 1999, and it was pretty much like any other morning in America. The Farmer did his chores. The milkman made his deliveries. <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_United_States" title="President of the United States">The President</a> <a href="/wiki/Yugoslav_Wars" title="Yugoslav Wars">bombed</a> <a href="/wiki/Kosovo" title="Kosovo">another country whose name we couldn't pronounce</a>. Out in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fargo,_North_Dakota" class="extiw" title="w:Fargo, North Dakota">Fargo, North Dakota</a>, Cary McWilliams went on his morning walk. Back in <a href="/wiki/Michigan" title="Michigan">Michigan</a>, Mrs Hughes welcomed her students for another day of school. And out in a little town in <a href="/wiki/Colorado" title="Colorado">Colorado</a>, two boys went bowling at 6 in the morning. Yes, it was a typical day in the United States of America. <ul><li><i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bowling_for_Columbine" class="extiw" title="w:Bowling for Columbine">Bowling for Columbine</a></i> (2002) [released 11 October 2002]</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><b>You survive by having your fear compass calibrated correctly. Our compass is off now because we're being told to be afraid of everything.</b> The things that we're frightened of, or told to be frightened of, are not necessarily the things that we need to fear. <ul><li>Interview on <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.npr.org/templates/rundowns/rundown.php?prgId=2"><i>All Things Considered</i> NPR (November 2002)</a></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2003">2003</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Michael_Moore&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: 2003"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Michael_Moore.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Michael_Moore.jpg/220px-Michael_Moore.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="356" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Michael_Moore.jpg/330px-Michael_Moore.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Michael_Moore.jpg/440px-Michael_Moore.jpg 2x" data-file-width="743" data-file-height="1201" /></a><figcaption>We like nonfiction and we live in fictitious times. </figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Michael_Moore_66%C3%A8me_Festival_de_Venise_(Mostra)_4.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Michael_Moore_66%C3%A8me_Festival_de_Venise_%28Mostra%29_4.jpg/220px-Michael_Moore_66%C3%A8me_Festival_de_Venise_%28Mostra%29_4.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Michael_Moore_66%C3%A8me_Festival_de_Venise_%28Mostra%29_4.jpg/330px-Michael_Moore_66%C3%A8me_Festival_de_Venise_%28Mostra%29_4.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Michael_Moore_66%C3%A8me_Festival_de_Venise_%28Mostra%29_4.jpg/440px-Michael_Moore_66%C3%A8me_Festival_de_Venise_%28Mostra%29_4.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1000" /></a><figcaption> I'll make sure that my work gets out. That no publisher will ever be able to tell me to take things out. Because I'll put it out myself. </figcaption></figure> <ul><li><b>What the <a href="/wiki/Mass_media" title="Mass media">media</a> are telling you to be afraid of are the wrong things...</b> <a href="/wiki/Fear" title="Fear">Fear</a> is a necessary ingredient of our <a href="/wiki/Survival" title="Survival">survival</a> instincts. <ul><li>Interview with filmmaker Michael Moore, <i>Rolling Stone</i> (January 2003)</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Federal_government_of_the_United_States" title="Federal government of the United States">These bastards who run our country</a> 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. <ul><li><cite style="font-style:normal" class="book"><i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dude,_Where%27s_My_Country%3F" class="extiw" title="w:Dude, Where's My Country?">Dude, Where's My Country?</a></i>. 2003. <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0446532231" title="Special:BookSources/0446532231">ISBN 0446532231</a>. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OCLC" class="extiw" title="w:OCLC">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://worldcat.org/oclc/53112245">53112245</a>.</cite><span class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=%5B%5Bw%3ADude%2C+Where%27s+My+Country%3F%7CDude%2C+Where%27s+My+Country%3F%5D%5D&rft.date=2003&rft_id=info:oclcnum/53112245&rft.isbn=0446532231&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Michael_Moore"><span style="display: none;"> </span></span></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>Hey, here's a way to stop suicide bombings — give the <a href="/wiki/Palestine" title="Palestine">Palestinians</a> a bunch of missile-firing Apache helicopters and let them and the <a href="/wiki/Israel" title="Israel">Israelis</a> go at each other head to head. Four billion dollars a year to Israel — four billion dollars a year to the <a href="/wiki/Palestine" title="Palestine">Palestinians</a> — they can just blow each other up and leave the rest of us the hell alone. <ul><li><i>Dude, Where's My Country?</i> (2003)</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>Whoa. On behalf of our producers Kathleen Glynn and Michael Donovan from <a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada">Canada</a>, I'd like to thank the Academy for this. I have invited my fellow documentary nominees on the stage with us, and we would like to — they're here in solidarity with me because we like nonfiction. <b>We like nonfiction and we live in fictitious times.</b> We live in the time where we have fictitious election results that elects a fictitious president. We live in a time where we have a man sending us to war for fictitious reasons. Whether it's the fictition of duct tape or fictition of orange alerts we are against this war, Mr. Bush. Shame on you, Mr. Bush, shame on you. And any time you got <a href="/wiki/Pope_John_Paul_II" title="Pope John Paul II">the Pope</a> and the Dixie Chicks against you, your time is up. Thank you very much. <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.oscars.org/75academyawards/winners/docfeature.html">Oscar Speech for Best Documentary Feature (23 March 2003)</a></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>The majority of Americans — the ones who never elected you — are not fooled by your weapons of mass distraction. <ul><li>About President <a href="/wiki/George_W._Bush" title="George W. Bush">George W. Bush</a>, in <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.alternet.org/story/15406/">"A Letter to George W. Bush on the Eve of War" (17 March 2003)</a></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>I think the United States, I think our government knows where he is and I don't think we're going to be capturing him or killing him any time soon. <ul><li>About <a href="/wiki/Osama_bin_Laden" title="Osama bin Laden">Osama bin Laden</a> in an interview with <a href="/wiki/Bob_Costas" title="Bob Costas">Bob Costas</a> on <i>On the Record with Bob Costas</i> HBO (Spring 2003)</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>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 <a href="/wiki/English_language" title="English language">English</a> (and we don't even speak that very well.) <ul><li>On Americans in an <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.zeit.de/2003/46/AbdruckMoor">Open Letter to the German publication <i>Die Zeit</i> (11 June 2003) (published in German)</a></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>There's a gullible side to the American people. They can be easily misled. Religion is the best device used to mislead them. <ul><li><cite style="font-style:normal">Younge, Gary (4 October 2003). "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/michaelmoore/story/0,,1055591,00.html">The capped crusader</a>". <i>The Guardian</i>.</cite></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>Maybe it's a sick fantasy of mine, but I am really looking forward to a debate between a general and a deserter. Plus, I really want to hear President Bush have to say, "Yes, General, No, General." <ul><li>On prospects of a debate between <a href="/wiki/Wesley_Clark" title="Wesley Clark">Wesley Clark</a> and <a href="/wiki/George_W._Bush" title="George W. Bush">George W. Bush</a>, as quoted at <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://treasononline.blogspot.com/2003_10_26_archive.html">Treason Online (29 October 2003)</a></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><b>I'm going to do damage with it. I'll make sure that my work gets out. That no publisher will ever be able to tell me to take things out. Because I'll put it out myself.</b> The more money I earn, the less they can stop me. Where I come from it's called fuck you money because I don't have to take an ounce of shit from anybody. <ul><li>Upon being asked by Brian Reade if money and success have gone to his head, quoted in "The Awkward Conscience of a Nation" in <i>The Daily Mirror</i> (3 November 2003) - <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-109560361.html">Full text available at Highbeam Research (paysite)</a></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>I stopped reading the <a href="/wiki/Comics" title="Comics">comics</a> page a long time ago. It seems that whoever is in charge of what to put on that page is given an edict that states: “For God’s sake, try to be as bland as possible and by no means offend any one!” Thus, whenever something like <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doonesbury" class="extiw" title="w:Doonesbury">Doonesbury</a></b> would come along, it would be continually censored and, if lucky, eventually banished to the editorial pages. The message was clear: Keep it simple, keep it cute, and don’t be challenging, outrageous or political. <br /> And keep it white! <br /> It’s odd that considering all the black ink that goes into making the comics section (and color on Sundays) that you rarely see any <a href="/wiki/Black_people" title="Black people">black faces</a> on that page. Well, maybe it’s not so odd after all, considering the makeup of most newsrooms in our country. It is even more stunning when you consider that in many of our large <a href="/wiki/Cities" title="Cities">cities</a> like <a href="/wiki/New_York" class="mw-redirect" title="New York">New York</a>, <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles" title="Los Angeles">Los Angeles</a>, or <a href="/wiki/Chicago" title="Chicago">Chicago</a> where the white population is barely a third of the overall citizenry, the comics pages seem to be one of the last vestiges of the belief that white faces are just…well, you know…so much more happy and friendly and funny! <br /> Of course, the real funnies are on the front pages of most papers these days. That’s where you can see a lot of black faces. The media loves to cover black people on the front page. After all, when you live in a society that will lock up 30 percent of all black men at some time in their lives and send more of them to prison than to college, chances are a fair number of those black faces will end up in the newspaper. <br /> Oops, there I go playing the race card. You see, in America these days, we aren’t supposed to talk about race. We have been told to pretend that things have gotten better, that the old days of segregation and cross burnings are long gone, and that no one needs to talk about race again because, hey, we fixed that problem. <br /> Of course, nothing could be further from the truth. Sure, the “whites only” signs are down, but they have just been replaced by invisible ones that, if you are black, you see hanging in front of the home loan department of the local bank, across the entrance of the ritzy suburban or on the doors of the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Senate" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Senate">U.S. Senate</a> (100 percent Caucasian and going strong!) <ul><li>Foreword to "<a href="/wiki/The_Boondocks_(comic_strip)" title="The Boondocks (comic strip)">The Boondocks Treasury: a Right to be Hostile</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Aaron_McGruder" title="Aaron McGruder">Aaron McGruder</a>, (2003).</li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2004">2004</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Michael_Moore&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: 2004"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>They are possibly the dumbest people on the planet... in thrall to conniving, thieving, smug pricks. We Americans suffer from an enforced ignorance. We don't know about anything that's happening outside our country. Our stupidity is embarrassing. <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Geographic" class="extiw" title="w:National Geographic">National Geographic</a></i> produced a survey which showed that 60 percent of 18-25 year olds don't know where <a href="/wiki/Great_Britain" title="Great Britain">Great Britain</a> is on a map. And 92 percent of us don't own a <a href="/wiki/Passport" title="Passport">passport</a>. <ul><li>On the American public, as quoted in "The Awkward Conscience of a Nation" in <i>The Daily Mirror</i> (3 November 2003); also partly quoted in <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.usnews.com/usnews/opinion/articles/040712/12barone.htm">"The company they keep" by Michael Barone, in <i>U.S.News & World Report</i> (12 July 2004)</a></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><b>A lot of political people, especially people on the <a href="/wiki/Left-wing_politics" title="Left-wing politics">left</a>, have forgotten the importance of <a href="/wiki/Humor" class="mw-redirect" title="Humor">humor</a> as an <i>incredible</i> weapon, and a vehicle through which to affect change.</b> <ul><li><i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Corporation" class="extiw" title="w:The Corporation">The Corporation</a></i> (2004)</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>I would like to apologize for referring to George W. Bush as a "deserter." What I meant to say is that George W. Bush is a deserter, an election thief, a drunk driver, a WMD liar, and a functional illiterate. And he poops his pants. <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/mikes-letter/you-say-deserter-i-say-more-dessert-by-michael-moore">You Say Deserter, I Say More Dessert... by Michael Moore</a>. <i>MichaelMoore.com</i> (<span class="mw-formatted-date" title="2004-01-27">27 January 2004</span>).</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halliburton" class="extiw" title="w:Halliburton">Halliburton</a> is not a "company" doing business in <a href="/wiki/Iraq_War" title="Iraq War">Iraq</a>. It is a WAR PROFITEER, bilking millions from the pockets of average Americans. In past wars they would have been arrested — or worse.<br /> The <a href="/wiki/Iraq" title="Iraq">Iraqis</a> who have risen up against the occupation are not "insurgents" or "terrorists" or "The Enemy." They are the <a href="/wiki/Revolution" title="Revolution">REVOLUTION</a>, the Minutemen, and their numbers will grow — and they will win. Get it, Mr. Bush?</li> <li>There is a lot of talk amongst Bush's opponents that we should turn this war over to the <a href="/wiki/United_Nations" title="United Nations">United Nations</a>. Why should the other countries of this world, countries who tried to talk us out of this folly, now have to clean up our mess? I oppose the U.N. or anyone else risking the lives of their citizens to extract us from our debacle. I'm sorry, but the majority of Americans supported this war once it began and, sadly, that majority must now sacrifice their children until enough blood has been let that maybe — just maybe — God and the Iraqi people will forgive us in the end. <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/mikes-letter/heads-up-from-michael-moore">Heads Up... from Michael Moore</a>. <i>MichaelMoore.com</i> (<span class="mw-formatted-date" title="2004-04-14">14 April 2004</span>).</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>Stop this war! Shame on you <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hobbit" class="extiw" title="w:Hobbit">Hobbits</a>! Shame on you! This is a fictitious war! This Lord was not elected by the popular — [<i>a computer-generated <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliphaunt" class="extiw" title="w:Oliphaunt">Oliphaunt</a> steps on Moore, crushing him</i>]. <ul><li>In a humorous sendup of Moore's previous acceptance speech for Best Documentary Feature at the 2003 Oscars. Moore himself delivered the lines in the opening act of the 2004 Oscars, while standing in front of a greenscreen which had the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Pelennor_Fields" class="extiw" title="w:Battle of the Pelennor Fields">Battle of the Pelennor Fields</a> scene from <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Return_of_the_King_(movie)" class="extiw" title="w:The Return of the King (movie)">The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King</a></i> playing on it; a battle which was, itself, literally fictitious. (23 March 2004)</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>He is probably choking on a pretzel or something. I hope nobody tells him that I have won this award while he is eating a pretzel. … He has the funniest lines in the film. I am eternally grateful to him. <ul><li>Statement about US President <a href="/wiki/George_W._Bush" title="George W. Bush">George W. Bush</a>, at press conference after winning the top prize at the Cannes film festival for <i>Fahrenheit 9/11</i>; quoted in <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://guardianangels-mn.org/Minnesota/Too-funny-to-keep-in-mn.politics.html"><i>Reuters</i> reports (22 May 2004)</a> and in <cite style="font-style:normal">Barkham, Patrick (24 May 2004). "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://film.guardian.co.uk/cannes2004/story/0,,1223156,00.html">Moore scoops Palme d'Or with attack on US president</a>". <i>The Guardian</i>.</cite></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>I forgot out there on the stage to thank my cast. So if I could do that now, I want to thank Mr. Bush, <a href="/wiki/Dick_Cheney" title="Dick Cheney">Mr. Cheney</a>, <a href="/wiki/Paul_Wolfowitz" title="Paul Wolfowitz">Paul Wolfowitz</a> and <a href="/wiki/Donald_Rumsfeld" title="Donald Rumsfeld">Donald Rumsfeld</a>. I thought the love scene between Cheney and Rumsfeld brought a tear to my eye. <ul><li>Statement after winning the top prize at the Cannes film festival for <i>Fahrenheit 9/11</i>, quoted <i>Reuters</i> reports (22 May 2004), partly quoted in <cite style="font-style:normal">Barkham, Patrick (24 May 2004). "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://film.guardian.co.uk/cannes2004/story/0,,1223156,00.html">Moore scoops Palme d'Or with attack on US president</a>". <i>The Guardian</i>.</cite></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><b>I don't agree with the <a href="/wiki/Copyright" title="Copyright">copyright</a> 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 it as long as they're not, you know trying to make a profit off <i>my</i> <a href="/wiki/Labor" class="mw-redirect" title="Labor">labor</a></b> — I would oppose <i>that</i> but you know I do quite well, and I don't know... I make these <a href="/wiki/Books" title="Books">books</a> and <a href="/wiki/Film" title="Film">movies</a> and <a href="/wiki/Television" title="Television">TV</a> shows because I want things to change, and so the more people who get to see them, the better. And so I'm…I'm happy I'm happy if that happens. Should I not be happy? I don't know, It's like if a friend of yours had the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVD" class="extiw" title="w:DVD">DVD</a> of my movie — gave it to you to watch one night is that person doing something wrong? I'm not seeing any money from that, but he's just handing the DVD to you so that you can watch my movie, that <i>he bought</i>, and <i>you're</i> not buying it — and yet you're watching it without paying me any money you see, <b>I think that's OK, I mean, that's <i>always</i> been okay right? — You share things with people and I think information, and <i>art</i>, and <i>ideas</i> should be shared.</b> <ul><li>After being asked what he thought about his films being pirated on the internet, in a press conference (July 2004) <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OlAB0v8wHdc">(YouTube video)</a>, quoted in <cite style="font-style:normal">Bruce, Iain S. (4 July 2004). "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4156/is_20040704/ai_n12590099">Moore: Pirate my film, no problem</a>". <i>Sunday Herald</i>.</cite> [Glascow, Scotland]</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>Our young people who go off to war and who join the service, we need to honor them because they're willing to risk their lives to protect us, to defend us, so we can have this way of life. And the agreement that they make with us is that we never send them into harm's way unless it is absolutely necessary. I think most Americans — I just saw the latest poll today — 54% now believe that invading Iraq wasn't the wisest thing to do — it wasn't certainly in <a href="/wiki/Self-defense" title="Self-defense">self-defense</a>. You weren't threatened; I wasn't being threatened, and that's the only time, because ultimately if it was your child…would you give up your child to secure <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Fallujah" class="extiw" title="w:Battle of Fallujah">Fallujah</a>? <ul><li>On the television program <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Late_Night_with_Conan_O%27Brien" class="extiw" title="w:Late Night with Conan O'Brien">Late Night with Conan O'Brien</a></i> (25 June 2004)</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>The motivation for war is simple. The <a href="/wiki/Federal_government_of_the_United_States" title="Federal government of the United States">U.S. government</a> started the war with Iraq in order to make it easy for U.S. corporations to do business in other countries. They intend to use cheap labor in those countries, which will make Americans rich. <ul><li>As quoted in <cite style="font-style:normal">Koch, Ed (29 June 2004). "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.worldtribune.com/worldtribune/WTARC/2004/guest_koch_6_28.html">Koch: Moore's propaganda film cheapens debate, polarizes nation</a>". <i>World Tribune</i>.</cite></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>I would not use either of those words to describe myself. I would say I'm an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eagle_Scout_(Boy_Scouts_of_America)" class="extiw" title="w:Eagle Scout (Boy Scouts of America)">Eagle Scout</a> and I'm overweight. <ul><li>When asked what he thought about he thought about people who called him un-American and a traitor, as quoted in <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://media.www.dailyorange.com/media/storage/paper522/news/2004/09/23/Pulp/Filmmaker.Rehashes.Politics.In.Dome.Speech-728133.shtml">"Filmmaker rehashes politics in Dome speech" in <i>The Daily Orange</i> (23 September 2004)</a></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>Nothing would make me happier than to have you share it with everyone you know. All surveys have shown that, the more people who see it — especially those still sitting on the fence — the more likely we will have regime change. <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/mikes-letter/fahrenheit-911-out-on-home-videodvd-today-pass-it-around"><i>Fahrenheit 9/11</i> Out On Home Video/DVD Today! Pass it Around...</a>. <i>MichaelMoore.com</i> (<span class="mw-formatted-date" title="2004-10-05">5 October 2004</span>).</li> <li>On the DVD release of <i>Fahrenheit 9/11</i></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><b>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.</b> <ul><li>As quoted in a review of <i>Fahrenhype 9/11</i>, <cite style="font-style:normal">Emerson, Jim (28 October 2004). "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20040802/EDITOR/41028002"><i>FahrenHYPE 9/11</i>: Morris vs. Moore</a>". <i>Chicago Sun Times</i>.</cite> - some indications exist that this was from a speech in Power Center, Michigan, promoting <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dude,_Where%27s_My_Country%3F" class="extiw" title="w:Dude, Where's My Country?">Dude</a></i> (2003)</li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Fahrenheit_9/11_(2004)"><span id="Fahrenheit_9.2F11_.282004.29"></span><i><a href="/wiki/Fahrenheit_9/11" title="Fahrenheit 9/11">Fahrenheit 9/11</a></i> (2004)</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Michael_Moore&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dd><small><i>Comments about the movie, and from it:</i></small></dd></dl> <ul><li><i>Fahrenheit 9/11: The temperature where freedom burns!</i> <ul><li>A phrase used in some advertisements, it is wordplay based on the title of <a href="/wiki/Ray_Bradbury" title="Ray Bradbury">Ray Bradbury</a>'s book <i><a href="/wiki/Fahrenheit_451" title="Fahrenheit 451">Fahrenheit 451</a></i> about a totalitarian state, and the assertion made within it that 451° Fahrenheit was "The temperature at which book-paper catches fire and burns."</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><i>Controversy... What Controversy?</i> <ul><li>Humorous lines of various advertisements for the film, some showing doctored pictures of Moore walking hand in hand with <a href="/wiki/George_W._Bush" title="George W. Bush">George W. Bush</a>.</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>They serve so that we don't have to. They offer to give up their lives so that we can be free. It is, remarkably, their gift to us. And all they ask for in return is that we never send them into harm's way unless it is absolutely necessary. Will they ever trust us again? <ul><li>Comments by Moore, about the men and women in the U.S. Armed Services. <i>Fahrenheit 9/11</i></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/George_Orwell" title="George Orwell">George Orwell</a> once wrote: "And it's not a matter of whether the war is <i>not</i> real or if it <i>is</i>. Victory is not possible. The war is not meant to be won, it is meant to be continuous. Hierarchical society is only possible on the basis of poverty and ignorance. This new version <i>is</i> the past and no different past can ever have existed. In principle the war effort is always planned to keep society on the brink of starvation. The war is waged by the ruling group against its own subjects and its object is not the victory over either Eurasia or East Asia but to keep the very structure of society intact." <ul><li>The quote is almost identical to a block of narration from the 1984 movie version of "1984", which is excerpted from various parts of the novel <i><a href="/wiki/Nineteen_Eighty-Four" title="Nineteen Eighty-Four">Nineteen Eighty-Four</a></i> with some paraphrasing.</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>For once we agreed. <ul><li>Michael Moore after Bush is shown saying "You can't get fooled again."</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>You've got the <a href="/wiki/Presidency_of_George_W._Bush" title="Presidency of George W. Bush">Bush Administration</a> using that event in such a disrespectful and immoral way — using the deaths of those people to try and shred our <a href="/wiki/Civil_liberties" class="mw-redirect" title="Civil liberties">civil liberties</a>, change our <a href="/wiki/United_States_Constitution" title="United States Constitution">Constitution</a>, round people up. That's not how you honor them, by using them to change our way of life as a free country. <ul><li>On the use of the September 11th attacks to expand governmental powers and diminish civil liberties, through "The Patriot Act". — <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://news4colorado.com/topstories/topstories_story_179195105.html">CBS interview (June 2004)</a></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>I may be preaching to the choir, but the choir needs a good song. <ul><li><i>USA Today</i> (20 June 2004)</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>Clearly something has happened here that no one expected. And there aren't words to describe how any of us feel this morning on hearing this news. <ul><li><cite style="font-style:normal">Waxman, Sharon (28 June 2004). "The Political 'Fahrenheit' Sets Record At Box Office". <i>The New York Times</i>.</cite></li> <li>On the movie <i>Fahrenheit 9/11</i> breaking all box office records for a documentary in its first weekend, and becoming the first documentary ever to become number one at the box office in North American ticket sales.</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>I want to thank all the right-wing organizations out there who tried to stop the film, either from their harassment campaign that didn't work on the theatre owners, or going to the FEC to get our ads removed from television, to all the things that have been said on television. It's only encouraged more people to go and see it. We are happy to announce that the efforts of the small-minded few have failed miserably. <ul><li>On the movie <i>Fahrenheit 9/11</i> breaking box office records. — <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.zap2it.com/movies/go?path=/movies/news/story&general_id=22014">Zap2it.com (27 June 2004)</a></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>Early talk was that anti-Bush people would go see it and pro-Bush people would stay home, and that's not the case. Most people do not go around with labels. A lot of <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republicans</a> have open minds. <ul><li>On the movie <i>Fahrenheit 9/11</i> — Zap2it.com (27 June 2004)</li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2005">2005</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Michael_Moore&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: 2005"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Because it would be Un-American. <ul><li>Reply to a question as to why the standing down of the NORAD aerial forces on September 11, 2001 was not included in his movie Fahrenheit 9/11, as seen <i>Martial Law: 9/11 Rise of the Police State</i> (03:34, 2005) by Alex Jones.</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>Dear Mr. Bush:<br />Any idea where all our helicopters are? It's Day 5 of <a href="/wiki/Hurricane_Katrina" title="Hurricane Katrina">Hurricane Katrina</a> and thousands remain stranded in New Orleans and need to be airlifted. Where on earth could you have misplaced all our military choppers? Do you need help finding them? I once lost my car in a Sears parking lot. Man, was that a drag.<br />Also, any idea where all our national guard soldiers are? We could really use them right now for the type of thing they signed up to do like helping with national disasters. How come they weren't there to begin with?</li> <li>No, Mr. Bush, you just stay the course. It's not your fault that 30 percent of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Orleans" class="extiw" title="w:New Orleans">New Orleans</a> lives in <a href="/wiki/Poverty_in_the_United_States" title="Poverty in the United States">poverty</a> or that tens of thousands had no <a href="/wiki/Transport" title="Transport">transportation</a> to get out of town. C'mon, they're black! I mean, it's not like this happened to Kennebunkport. Can you imagine leaving white people on their roofs for five days? Don't make me laugh! Race has nothing — NOTHING — to do with this! <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/mikes-letter/vacation-is-over-an-open-letter-from-michael-moore-to-george-w-bush">Vacation is Over... an open letter from Michael Moore to George W. Bush</a>. <i>MichaelMoore.com</i> (<span class="mw-formatted-date" title="2005-09-02">2 September 2005</span>).</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>How does it feel to know that the man you elected to lead us after we were attacked went ahead and put a guy in charge of FEMA whose main qualification was that he ran horse shows? <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/mikes-letter/a-letter-to-all-who-voted-for-george-w-bush-from-michael-moore">A Letter to All Who Voted for George W. Bush from Michael Moore</a>. <i>MichaelMoore.com</i> (<span class="mw-formatted-date" title="2005-09-11">11 September 2005</span>).</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>Now, I know this is a bitter pill to swallow. Iraq was going to be your great legacy. Now, it's just your legacy. It didn't have to end up this way.<br />This week, when <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republicans</a> and conservative <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democrats</a> started jumping ship, you lashed out at them. You thought the most damning thing you could say to them was that they were "endorsing the policy positions of Michael Moore and the extreme liberal wing of the Democratic party." I mean, is that the best you can do to persuade them to stick with you — compare them to me? You gotta come up with a better villain. For heaven's sakes, you had a hundred-plus million other Americans who think the same way I do — and you could have picked on any one of them! But hey, why not cut out the name-calling and the smearing and just do the obvious thing: Come join the majority! Be one of us, your fellow Americans! Is it really that hard? Is there really any other choice? George, take a walk on the wild side! <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://michaelmoore.com/words/mikes-letter/sorry-george-im-in-the-majority-from-michael-moore">Sorry, George, I'm In the Majority ...from Michael Moore</a>. <i>MichaelMoore.com</i> (<span class="mw-formatted-date" title="2005-11-19">19 November 2005</span>).</li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2007">2007</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Michael_Moore&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: 2007"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Flickr_-_Josh_Jensen_-_Michael_Moore.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Flickr_-_Josh_Jensen_-_Michael_Moore.jpg/220px-Flickr_-_Josh_Jensen_-_Michael_Moore.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Flickr_-_Josh_Jensen_-_Michael_Moore.jpg/330px-Flickr_-_Josh_Jensen_-_Michael_Moore.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Flickr_-_Josh_Jensen_-_Michael_Moore.jpg/440px-Flickr_-_Josh_Jensen_-_Michael_Moore.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1920" data-file-height="1280" /></a><figcaption>I think filmmakers are wrong about this. I think sharing's a good thing.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Michael_Moore_66%C3%A8me_Festival_de_Venise_(Mostra)_7.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Michael_Moore_66%C3%A8me_Festival_de_Venise_%28Mostra%29_7.jpg/220px-Michael_Moore_66%C3%A8me_Festival_de_Venise_%28Mostra%29_7.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Michael_Moore_66%C3%A8me_Festival_de_Venise_%28Mostra%29_7.jpg/330px-Michael_Moore_66%C3%A8me_Festival_de_Venise_%28Mostra%29_7.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Michael_Moore_66%C3%A8me_Festival_de_Venise_%28Mostra%29_7.jpg/440px-Michael_Moore_66%C3%A8me_Festival_de_Venise_%28Mostra%29_7.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1000" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Jesus" title="Jesus">Jesus</a> told us that we would be judged by how we treat the least among us.</figcaption></figure> <ul><li>We are the richest country in the world. We spend more on health care than any other country. Yet we have the worst health care in the Western world. Come on. We can do better than this. <ul><li>As quoted in <cite style="font-style:normal">Corliss, Richard (19 May 2007). "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1623337,00.html">Sicko is Socko</a>". <i>Time</i>.</cite></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>The film that's leaked onto the <a href="/wiki/Internet" title="Internet">Internet</a> is not taken at a movie theatre with a little home video camera, right? The way it's usually done? This is an inside job... Now, if you were a police detective, one of the first questions you'd ask is motive. Who has a vested interest in destroying the opening weekend's box office of this movie? If I were the <a href="/wiki/Law_enforcement_in_the_United_States" title="Law enforcement in the United States">police</a> or the <a href="/wiki/Federal_Bureau_of_Investigation" title="Federal Bureau of Investigation">FBI</a> investigating this felony that's taken place, that's where I would look. <br /> Having said that, I'm glad that people were able to see my movie. … I'm not a big believer in our copyright laws. I think they're way too restrictive. … I've never supported this concept of going after Napster. I think the rock bands who fought this were wrong. <b>I think filmmakers are wrong about this. I think sharing's a good thing. … They said television would kill the movies, it didn't. They said <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VCR" class="extiw" title="w:VCR">VCRs</a> would kill the movies, it didn't. Now they're saying this is going to kill the movies. It won't.</b> People want to get out of the house and go to the movies! Nothing's ever going to kill that, and I really hope people will do that on opening weekend. <ul><li>On the posting of his film <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sicko" class="extiw" title="w:Sicko">SiCKO</a></i> on the Internet, prior to its official release, as quoted in <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=21141">"Michael Moore Takes on His Pirates!" by Edward Douglas (19 June 2007)</a></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Jesus" title="Jesus">Jesus</a> told us that we would be judged by how we treat the least among us.</b> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://hotair.com/archives/2007/06/19/video-jesus-wants-you-to-nationalize-health-care-says-moore/"><i>The View</i> (19 June 2007)</a></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>The stories of the pharmaceutical companies and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_insurance_in_the_United_States" class="extiw" title="w:Health insurance in the United States">health insurance</a> companies is told. My film acts as a balance. I exist to provide balance, and I tell you, it isn't much balance. They're on every day, all day. My film is two hours. If for two hours during this entire year, people are exposed to the other side of the story, isn't that ok? It's amazing how they go after me. You asked me back there, 'You're biased. You have only one side.' Well, yeah, I have a bias. I have a bias on behalf of the little guy who doesn't have a say. I'm lucky enough to be able to have this bully pulpit, to be able to say the things I say, on behalf of the people who don't have a voice. The pharmaceutical companies and corporate America, they've got their voice. They own the networks and they can say whatever they want, all the time, and they do. So can we just have two hours for this side to have their say? I hope so, I think so. That's what I'm trying to do. <ul><li>Press conference in New York, as quoted in <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=21257"><i>CommingSoon</i> (June 2007)</a></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>The <a href="/wiki/France" title="France">French</a>, the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">British</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada">Canadian</a> stuff that's in the films is through my <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">American</a> eyes, and I'm comparing it to America, and I'm not saying they don't have problems. But those aren't for me to fix. Trust me, from an American point of view, the <a href="/wiki/Europe" title="Europe">Europeans</a> look pretty good. You need to preserve what you have and fight to get back that which you lost. <ul><li>Interview with <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.thebragmag.com/features/michael-moore-talks-to-the-bra.php">Jay Harris</a>, in <i>The Brag</i> (August 2007)</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>There are problems in all <a href="/wiki/Health_care" title="Health care">health-care</a> systems, but at least [Europeans] have a health-care system that covers everyone, and it's not my position or my right or my responsibility to point out the flaws in [your] health-care system — that is your job — it is your job to fix those problems. <ul><li>Casa del Cinema press conference, Rome, Italy, (August 2007)</li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2009">2009</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Michael_Moore&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: 2009"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>I just decided to make a movie. I had no training, no film school, but I had been to a lot of movies. <ul><li>As quoted in "Wait Wait Don't Tell Me" (23 June 2007)</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Democracy" title="Democracy">Democracy</a> is not a spectator sport, it's a participatory event. If we don't participate in it, it ceases to be a democracy. So <a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">Obama</a> will rise or fall based not so much on what he does but on what we do to support him. <ul><li><cite style="font-style:normal">Collett-White, Mike (6 September 2009). "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.reuters.com/article/lifestyleMolt/idUSTRE5850F320090906">"Capitalism is evil," says new Michael Moore film</a>". <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reuters" class="extiw" title="w:Reuters">Reuters</a></i>.</cite></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2010">2010</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Michael_Moore&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: 2010"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>My mum taught me how to <a href="/wiki/Reading" title="Reading">read</a> before I went to <a href="/wiki/Kindergarten" class="mw-redirect" title="Kindergarten">kindergarden</a>, I always thought that being able to read provided lightness, help to dispel <a href="/wiki/Darkness" title="Darkness">darkness</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ignorance" title="Ignorance">ignorance</a> and <a href="/wiki/Stupidity" title="Stupidity">stupidity</a>. <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cx2tJg91hsU">Interview while promoting <i>Capitalism : A Love Story</i> (March 2010)</a></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>How about that <a href="/wiki/McDonald%27s" title="McDonald's">McDonalds</a> two blocks from Ground Zero? That's killed more people than the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/September_11_attacks" class="extiw" title="w:September 11 attacks">nineteen hijackers</a>. <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppard/2010/09/18/michael-moore-mcdonalds-ground-zero-killed-more-people-9-11-hijackers#ixzz0zzGIpSLV">On HBO's "Real Time"</a> (September 17, 2010)</li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2011">2011</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Michael_Moore&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: 2011"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><b>Today just 400 Americans have more wealth than half of all Americans combined.</b> <ul><li>Speech delivered at Wisconsin Capitol in Madison (5 March 2011)<sup id="cite_ref-HP-20110306_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HP-20110306-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Claim found to be <b>"true"</b> by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PolitiFact" class="extiw" title="w:PolitiFact">PolitiFact</a> and others.<sup id="cite_ref-HP-20110306_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HP-20110306-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-PF-20110311_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PF-20110311-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-MM-20110307_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MM-20110307-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-CNN-20100922_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CNN-20100922-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-AN-20110214_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AN-20110214-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><b>Four hundred obscenely wealthy individuals, 400 little <a href="/wiki/Hosni_Mubarak" title="Hosni Mubarak">Mubaraks</a> -- most of whom benefited in some way from the multi-trillion-dollar taxpayer bailout of 2008 -- now have more <a href="/wiki/Cash" class="mw-redirect" title="Cash">cash</a>, <a href="/wiki/Stock_market" title="Stock market">stock</a> and <a href="/wiki/Property" title="Property">property</a> than the assets of 155 million Americans combined.</b> <ul><li>Speech delivered at Wisconsin Capitol in Madison (5 March 2011)<sup id="cite_ref-HP-20110306_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HP-20110306-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Claim found to be <b>"true"</b> by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PolitiFact" class="extiw" title="w:PolitiFact">PolitiFact</a> and others.<sup id="cite_ref-HP-20110306_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HP-20110306-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-PF-20110311_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PF-20110311-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-MM-20110307_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MM-20110307-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-CNN-20100922_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CNN-20100922-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-AN-20110214_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AN-20110214-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2012">2012</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Michael_Moore&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: 2012"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Firearm" title="Firearm">Guns</a> don't kill people – Americans kill people.</b> <ul><li>Michael Moore on <i>The Ed Show</i>, MSNBC, March 22, 2012 <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JVORszwdNA">[1]</a></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2013">2013</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Michael_Moore&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: 2013"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Moore called the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affordable_Care_Act" class="extiw" title="w:Affordable Care Act">Affordable Care Act</a> “awful” and added that, “<a href="/w/index.php?title=Obamacare&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Obamacare (page does not exist)">Obamacare</a>’s rocky start … is a result of one fatal flaw: The Affordable Care Act is a pro-insurance-industry plan implemented by a president who knew in his heart that a single-payer, Medicare-for-all model was the true way to go.” Nonetheless, Moore considered the plan a "godsend" since it provides a start "to get what we deserve: universal quality health care.” <ul><li>Op-Ed written by Michael Moore in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Times" class="extiw" title="w:New York Times">New York Times</a> (31 December 2013)<sup id="cite_ref-NYT-20131231_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYT-20131231-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-NWS-20140101_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NWS-20140101-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-TNR-20140105_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TNR-20140105-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2016">2016</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Michael_Moore&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: 2016"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Breathe-face-smile.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Breathe-face-smile.svg/110px-Breathe-face-smile.svg.png" decoding="async" width="110" height="110" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Breathe-face-smile.svg/165px-Breathe-face-smile.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Breathe-face-smile.svg/220px-Breathe-face-smile.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /></a><figcaption><small><i><b>"The next wave of fascists will not come with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stock_car_(rail)" class="extiw" title="w:Stock car (rail)">cattle cars</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internment" class="extiw" title="w:Internment">concentration camps</a>, but they'll come with a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smiley" class="extiw" title="w:Smiley">smiley face</a> and maybe a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television_show" class="extiw" title="w:Television show">TV show</a>."</b></i> – MMoore<br />[refers to book, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friendly_Fascism_(book)" class="extiw" title="w:Friendly Fascism (book)">Friendly Fascism</a>]<sup id="cite_ref-HP-20161114_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HP-20161114-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></small></figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump" title="Donald Trump">Donald J. Trump</a> is going to win in November. This wretched, ignorant, dangerous part-time clown and full time <a href="/wiki/Sociopath" title="Sociopath">sociopath</a> is going to be our next president. President Trump. Go ahead and say the words, 'cause you'll be saying them for the next four years: "PRESIDENT TRUMP." <ul><li>"<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://michaelmoore.com/trumpwillwin/">5 Reasons Trump Will Win</a>", <i>MichaelMoore.com</i> (July 21, 2016)</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>Yes, on November 8, you Joe Blow, Steve Blow, Bob Blow, Billy Blow, all the Blows get to go and blow up the whole goddamn system because it's your right. Trump's election is going to be the biggest "fuck you" ever recorded in human history and it will feel <i>good</i> — for a day. Maybe a week. Possibly a month. And then, like the <a href="/wiki/British_people" title="British people">Brits</a>, who wanted to send a message, so they <a href="/wiki/Brexit" title="Brexit">voted to leave Europe</a>, only to find out that if you vote to leave <a href="/wiki/European_Union" title="European Union">Europe</a>, you actually have to leave Europe. And now they regret it. All the <a href="/wiki/Ohio" title="Ohio">Ohioans</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania" title="Pennsylvania">Pennsylvanians</a>, <a href="/wiki/Michigan" title="Michigan">Michiganders</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Wisconsin" title="Wisconsin">Wisconsinites</a> of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_England" class="extiw" title="w:Middle England">Middle England</a>, right, they all voted to leave and now they regret it. And over 4 million of them signed a petition to have a do-over, they want another election, but it's not going to happen. Because you used the ballot as an anger management tool. And now you're fucked. And the rest of Europe. They're like, "Bye Felicia!" So when the rightfully angry people of Ohio and Michigan and Pennsylvania and Wisconsin find out after a few months in office that President Trump wasn't going to do a damn thing for them, it will be too late to do anything about it. <ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Michael_Moore_in_TrumpLand" class="extiw" title="w:en:Michael Moore in TrumpLand"><i>Michael Moore in TrumpLand</i></a> (October 7, 2016)</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>I know a lot of people in Michigan that are planning to vote for Trump and they don't necessarily like him that much, and they don't necessarily agree with him. They're not <a href="/wiki/Racism" title="Racism">racist</a> or rednecks, they're actually pretty decent people… <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYZqnc-zY5o"><i>Michael Moore In Trumpland</i></a>, film's premiere (October 18, 2016), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://torontosun.com/2016/10/25/supporters-see-trump-as-human-molotov-cocktail-michael-moore/wcm/80ac8ac8-6c3d-4b29-bcae-498b25f4f408">“Supporters see Trump as ‘human Molotov cocktail’: Michael Moore</a>,” <i>Toronto Sun</i>, (Oct. 25, 2016)</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>“The next wave of <a href="/wiki/Fascism" title="Fascism">fascists</a> will not come with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stock_car_(rail)" class="extiw" title="w:Stock car (rail)">cattle cars</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internment" class="extiw" title="w:Internment">concentration camps</a>, but they'll come with a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smiley" class="extiw" title="w:Smiley">smiley face</a> and maybe a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television_show" class="extiw" title="w:Television show">TV show</a> ... That’s how the 21st-century fascists will essentially take over.” <ul><li>"<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/michael-moore-donald-trump_us_5829c5bce4b02d21bbc97cab">Michael Moore: Fascists Now Come With ‘A Smiley Face And Maybe A TV Show’</a>" - stated right after <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump" class="extiw" title="w:Donald Trump">Donald Trump</a> was elected <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_the_United_States" class="extiw" title="w:President of the United States">President of the United States</a>, and inspired by the 1980 book, <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friendly_Fascism_(book)" class="extiw" title="w:Friendly Fascism (book)">Friendly Fasicism</a></i> (November 14, 2016)</li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2021">2021</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Michael_Moore&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: 2021"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>From today’s news (8/12/2021):<br />“The Census data collected from the 2020 Census was released today — and it revealed that the number of <a href="/wiki/White_people" title="White people">White people</a> in the U.S. has fallen for first time since the first Census was taken in 1790.”<br />In other words, best day ever in <a href="/wiki/History_of_the_United_States" title="History of the United States">U.S. history</a>. <ul><li>12 August 20212 <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://twitter.com/mmflint/status/1426028604723445762">tweet</a></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Quotes_about_Moore">Quotes about Moore</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Michael_Moore&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Quotes about Moore"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dd><small>Alphabetized by author </small></dd></dl> <ul><li>Michael Moore is a screwed asshole, that is what I think about that case. He stole my title and changed the numbers without ever asking me for permission. <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ray_Bradbury" title="Ray Bradbury">Ray Bradbury</a>, commenting on Moore's allusions to his famous book title, <i><a href="/wiki/Fahrenheit_451" title="Fahrenheit 451">Fahrenheit 451</a></i> in his title for <i>Fahrenheit 9/11</i>, as reported in <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.scifi.com/sfw/issue372/news.html"><i>World Net Daily News</i> (7 June 2004)</a></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>It's a free country, so he's free to say whatever he wants, but I don't appreciate it. I don't like it. <ul><li><a href="/wiki/George_H._W._Bush" title="George H. W. Bush">George H. W. Bush</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nydailynews.com/front/story/198719p-171525c.html">New York <i>Daily News</i> (31 May 2004)</a></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>To have to answer anything about what that slimeball says is just too much. <ul><li><a href="/wiki/George_H._W._Bush" title="George H. W. Bush">George H. W. Bush</a> New York <i>Daily News</i> (31 May 2004)</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/John_Kerry" title="John Kerry">John Kerry</a> had intense supporters of his own. Hollywood filmmaker Michael Moore came out with a so-called documentary that was nothing more than campaign propaganda. In return, Kerry said that <a href="/wiki/Hollywood" title="Hollywood">Hollywood</a> entertainers conveyed "the heart and soul of our country." <ul><li><a href="/wiki/George_W._Bush" title="George W. Bush">George W. Bush</a>, <i>Decision Points</i> (2010), p. 290</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>I find it difficult to forgive George W. Bush a lot of things — mostly having to do with not telling the truth about important public matters, and then pretending it was no big deal that he had misled — and, come to think of it, that's pretty much my problem with Michael Moore, too … although one is a clown who makes movies and the other is, well, <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_United_States" title="President of the United States">President of the United States</a>. … we live in the age of the false dichotomy, an old <a href="/wiki/Propaganda" title="Propaganda">propaganda</a> trap (and logical fallacy) that says, for example: If you're not for <a href="/wiki/War_on_terror" title="War on terror">the President's way of fighting terrorism</a> (even if you'd like him to provide more information about what, exactly, that is), you are automatically assumed to be on the side of the <a href="/wiki/Terrorism" title="Terrorism">terrorists</a>; or, if you find fault with Michael Moore's methods, you must be on Bush's side. Of course, neither of these propositions is necessarily true. … You know how far the level of political discourse in American has fallen when people are asked to take the word of <a href="/wiki/Dick_Morris" title="Dick Morris">Dick Morris</a> or Michael Moore at face value. So don't. And don't take my word for it. Do your own research. <ul><li>Jim Emerson in a review of <i>Fahrenhype 9/11</i> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20040802/EDITOR/41028002"><i>FahrenHYPE 9/11</i>: Morris vs. Moore" at <i>Chicago Sun Times</i> (28 October 2004)</a></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>Post-war filmmakers gave us the documentary, Rob Reiner gave us the mockumentary and Moore initiated a third genre, the crockumentary. <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jean-Luc_Godard" title="Jean-Luc Godard">Jean-Luc Godard</a> speaking at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>Moore doesn't like health insurance companies: "They're the Halliburtons of the health industry. I mean, they really--they get away with murder. They charge whatever they want. There's no government control. And frankly, we will not really fix our system until we remove these private insurance companies. I mean, they literally have to be eliminated. They cannot be allowed to exist in this country"...Taking on the multibillion-dollar healthcare industry is all in a day's work for Michael Moore. After several million people see "SiCKO," the time just might be right for a prescription for change. <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Amy_Goodman" title="Amy Goodman">Amy Goodman</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.commondreams.org/views/2007/06/20/sicko-michael-moores-prescription-change">article</a> (Jun 20, 2007)</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>I’m tired of being told how bad <a href="/wiki/America" class="mw-redirect" title="America">America</a> is by <a href="/wiki/Leftwing" class="mw-redirect" title="Leftwing">leftwing</a> <a href="/wiki/Millionaire" title="Millionaire">millionaires</a> like <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Michael Moore</a>, <a href="/wiki/George_Soros" title="George Soros">George Soros</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hollywood" title="Hollywood">Hollywood</a> entertainers who live in luxury because of the opportunities America offers. In thirty years, if they get their way, the United States will have the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_religion_in_Saudi_Arabia" class="extiw" title="w:Freedom of religion in Saudi Arabia">religious freedom</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women%27s_rights_in_Saudi_Arabia" class="extiw" title="w:Women's rights in Saudi Arabia">women’s rights of Saudi Arabia</a>, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Zimbabwe" class="extiw" title="w:Economy of Zimbabwe">economy of Zimbabwe</a>, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_rights_in_China#Freedom_of_the_press" class="extiw" title="w:Human rights in China">freedom of the press of China</a>, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crime_in_Mexico" class="extiw" title="w:Crime in Mexico">crime and violence of Mexico</a>, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Iran" class="extiw" title="w:LGBT rights in Iran">tolerance for Gay people of Iran</a>, and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Censorship_in_Venezuela" class="extiw" title="w:Censorship in Venezuela">freedom of speech of Venezuela</a>. Won’t <a href="/wiki/Multiculturalism" title="Multiculturalism">multiculturalism</a> be beautiful? <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Robert_A._Hall" title="Robert A. Hall">Robert A. Hall</a>, <i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://tartanmarine.blogspot.com.ar/2009/02/robert.html">I'm Tired</a></i> (February 19, 2009)</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>Europeans think Americans are <a href="/wiki/Obesity" title="Obesity">fat</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vulgar" class="mw-redirect" title="Vulgar">vulgar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Greed" title="Greed">greedy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Stupidity" title="Stupidity">stupid</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ambition" title="Ambition">ambitious</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ignorance" title="Ignorance">ignorant</a> and so on. And they've taken as their own, as their representative American, someone who actually embodies all of those qualities. <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Christopher_Hitchens" title="Christopher Hitchens">Christopher Hitchens</a> on <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5013506"><i>Scarborough Country</i> MSNBC (18 May 2004)</a></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>Yet Moore is a silly and shady man who does not recognize courage of any sort even when he sees it because he cannot summon it in himself. To him, easy applause, in front of credulous audiences, is everything … If Michael Moore had had his way, <a href="/wiki/Slobodan_Milo%C5%A1evi%C4%87" title="Slobodan Milošević">Slobodan Milosevic</a> would still be the big man in a starved and tyrannical <a href="/wiki/Serbia" title="Serbia">Serbia</a>. <a href="/wiki/Bosnia_and_Herzegovina" title="Bosnia and Herzegovina">Bosnia</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kosovo" title="Kosovo">Kosovo</a> would have been <a href="/wiki/Yugoslav_Wars" title="Yugoslav Wars">cleansed and annexed</a>. If Michael Moore had been listened to, <a href="/wiki/Afghanistan" title="Afghanistan">Afghanistan</a> would still be under <a href="/wiki/Taliban" title="Taliban">Taliban</a> rule, and <a href="/wiki/Kuwait" title="Kuwait">Kuwait</a> would have remained part of <a href="/wiki/Iraq" title="Iraq">Iraq</a>. And Iraq itself would still be the personal property of a <a href="/wiki/Psychopathy" title="Psychopathy">psychopathic</a> crime family, bargaining covertly with the slave state of <a href="/wiki/North_Korea" title="North Korea">North Korea</a> for WMD. You might hope that a retrospective awareness of this kind would induce a little modesty. To the contrary, it is employed to pump air into one of the great sagging blimps of our sorry, mediocre, celeb-rotten culture. <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Christopher_Hitchens" title="Christopher Hitchens">Christopher Hitchens</a>, "Unfairenheit 9/11", <i>Slate</i>, 21 June 2004, ISSN 1091-2339</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>This is not at all like watching the implosion of an obvious huckster and jerk like <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Michael Moore</a>, who would have made a perfectly good <a href="/wiki/Nazism" title="Nazism">Brownshirt</a> <a href="/wiki/Populism" title="Populism">populist</a>. <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Christopher_Hitchens" title="Christopher Hitchens">Christopher Hitchens</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/Read.aspx?GUID=C78DC231-4599-4745-9CA5-A398398916A0">"Love, Poverty and War"</a>, <i>FrontPageMagazine.com</i> (<a href="/w/index.php?title=2004-12-29&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2004-12-29 (page does not exist)">2004-12-29</a>): On <a href="/wiki/Noam_Chomsky" title="Noam Chomsky">Noam Chomsky</a></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>You know, the problem I have with Michael Moore is the problem I have with a lot of people who are fanatical and push really hard on things, which is not willing to say the other side is wrong. They have to be evil.<br />And what I'm looking for is him to just say, maybe people are making mistakes. But it's always <a href="/wiki/Conspiracy_theories" title="Conspiracy theories">this conspiracy thing</a>. There's always a <a href="/wiki/Conspiracy" title="Conspiracy">conspiracy</a> out to get him and a bunch of people doing things that are evil and psychotic and not simply wrong. And he's so cynical. He's so incredibly cynical. <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Penn_Jillette" title="Penn Jillette">Penn Jillette</a>, on <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5013506"><i>Scarborough Country</i> MSNBC (18 May 2004)</a></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>It was so sweet backstage, you should have seen it — The Teamsters were helping Michael Moore into the trunk of his limo. <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Steve_Martin" title="Steve Martin">Steve Martin</a>, after Moore's speech at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/75th_Academy_Awards" class="extiw" title="w:75th Academy Awards">75th Academy Awards</a>.</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SiCKO" class="extiw" title="w:SiCKO">Sicko</a></i>, which takes on <a href="/wiki/Health_care_in_the_United_States" title="Health care in the United States">America's profoundly profitable and catastrophically inefficient health care system</a>, is Moore's most assured, least antagonistic and potentially most important film. <br /> Anecdotal in nature, <i>Sicko</i> shows what's wrong with our <a href="/wiki/Health_care" title="Health care">health care</a> system by comparing it with those in <a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada">Canada</a>, <a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a> and <a href="/wiki/France" title="France">France</a>, where <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_health_care" class="extiw" title="w:Universal health care">universal health care</a> is as ingrained in the social fabric as their <a href="/wiki/National_anthem" title="National anthem">national anthems</a>.<br />Asked what would have happened in England if <a href="/wiki/Margaret_Thatcher" title="Margaret Thatcher">Margaret Thatcher</a> or <a href="/wiki/Tony_Blair" title="Tony Blair">Tony Blair</a> had tried to dismantle the <a href="/wiki/National_Health_Service" title="National Health Service">National Health Service</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tony_Benn" title="Tony Benn">an elderly British statesman</a> answers without pause, "There would have been a <a href="/wiki/Revolution" title="Revolution">revolution</a>." <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.michaelmoore.com/sicko/news/article.php?id=9909">"'Sicko' is boffo" by Jack Mathews / in <i>New York Daily News</i> (19 June 2007)</a></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>Moore attempts to ignite an essential democratic impulse among American citizens. He assumes the role of a provocateur who raises the consciousness of his audiences and offers a polemical voice to the power elite. Whereas Moore's advocates recognize his output as an admirable practical realization of the <a href="/wiki/Freedom_of_speech" title="Freedom of speech">free speech</a> principle, his adversaries often perceive him as a menace to democratic procedures. Considering the nationwide dispute and the popularity of his movies around the world, the director should be acknowledged as a significant phenomenon on the American political scene at the dawn of the <a href="/wiki/21st_century" title="21st century">twenty-first century</a>. <ul><li>Anna Misiak in <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0412/is_3_33/ai_n15944882">"Not a stupid white man: the democratic context of Michael Moore's documentaries" in the <i>Journal of Popular Film and Television</i> (Fall 2005)</a></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>Hasn't that been the norm with such crowd-getters as Fahrenheit 9/11 or Sicko by Michael Moore? They seem to only produce interesting memories, leaving mostly just footprints in the sand. <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ralph_Nader" title="Ralph Nader">Ralph Nader</a>, <i>Breaking Through Power</i> (2016)</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>When Michael Moore makes a movie these days, all hell seems to break loose. It gets to a point where whatever message he's trying to communicate is drowned out by all the media attention, knee-jerk reactionaries, and general resentment. <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/read.php?ID=28751">Brian Orndorf</a> (June 2007)</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>Have you seen <i>Fahrenheit 9/11</i>? Watch it. Theres an interesting scene where Bush thinks and waits seven minutes before acting against 9/11. Don't pay attention to the fact it's biased or "propaganda", just see what's going on in the documentary and notice a man like Moore from a place like Flint has been researching and is trying to open our eyes. <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lou_Reed" title="Lou Reed">Lou Reed</a> interview on Belgian Cable Ketnet giving his views on Bush</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>Moore is making a fortune out of his <a href="/wiki/Anti-Americanism" title="Anti-Americanism">anti-Americanism</a>. And I don't blame the guy for making a buck, but he's not serious. <ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Rhys-Davies" class="extiw" title="w:John Rhys-Davies">John Rhys-Davies</a> on <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5013506"><i>Scarborough Country</i> MSNBC (18 May 2004)</a></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Michael_Moore&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="references-small" style=""> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-HP-20110306-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">↑ <a href="#cite_ref-HP-20110306_1-0"><sup>a</sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-HP-20110306_1-1"><sup>b</sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-HP-20110306_1-2"><sup>c</sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-HP-20110306_1-3"><sup>d</sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite style="font-style:normal" class="news" id="CITEREFMoore2011">Moore, Michael (6 March 2011). "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-moore/america-is-not-broke_b_832006.html">America Is Not Broke</a>". <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huffington_Post" class="extiw" title="w:Huffington Post">Huffington Post</a></i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved on 11 August 2013</span>.</cite><span class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=America+Is+Not+Broke&rft.jtitle=%5B%5Bw%3AHuffington+Post%7CHuffington+Post%5D%5D&rft.aulast=Moore&rft.aufirst=Michael&rft.au=Moore%2C+Michael&rft.date=6+March+2011&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.huffingtonpost.com%2Fmichael-moore%2Famerica-is-not-broke_b_832006.html&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Michael_Moore"><span style="display: none;"> </span></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-PF-20110311-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">↑ <a href="#cite_ref-PF-20110311_2-0"><sup>a</sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-PF-20110311_2-1"><sup>b</sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite style="font-style:normal" class="news" id="CITEREFKertscherBorowski2011">Kertscher, Tom; Borowski, Greg (10 March 2011). "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.politifact.com/wisconsin/statements/2011/mar/10/michael-moore/michael-moore-says-400-americans-have-more-wealth-/">The Truth-O-Meter Says: <b>True</b> - Michael Moore says 400 Americans have more wealth than half of all Americans combined</a>". <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PolitiFact" class="extiw" title="w:PolitiFact">PolitiFact</a></i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved on 11 August 2013</span>.</cite><span class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=The+Truth-O-Meter+Says%3A+%27%27%27True%27%27%27+-+Michael+Moore+says+400+Americans+have+more+wealth+than+half+of+all+Americans+combined&rft.jtitle=%5B%5Bw%3APolitiFact%7CPolitiFact%5D%5D&rft.aulast=Kertscher&rft.aufirst=Tom&rft.au=Kertscher%2C+Tom&rft.au=Borowski%2C+Greg&rft.date=10+March+2011&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.politifact.com%2Fwisconsin%2Fstatements%2F2011%2Fmar%2F10%2Fmichael-moore%2Fmichael-moore-says-400-americans-have-more-wealth-%2F&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Michael_Moore"><span style="display: none;"> </span></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-MM-20110307-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">↑ <a href="#cite_ref-MM-20110307_3-0"><sup>a</sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-MM-20110307_3-1"><sup>b</sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Moore, Michael</a> (<span class="mw-formatted-date" title="2011-03-07">March 7, 2011</span>). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20110309211959/http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/must-read/forbes-400-vs-everybody-else">The Forbes 400 vs. Everybody Else</a>. '<b><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.michaelmoore.com/">michaelmoore.com</a>'</b>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/must-read/forbes-400-vs-everybody-else">the original</a> on <span class="mw-formatted-date" title="2011-03-09">2011-03-09</span>. Retrieved on 2014-08-28.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-CNN-20100922-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">↑ <a href="#cite_ref-CNN-20100922_4-0"><sup>a</sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-CNN-20100922_4-1"><sup>b</sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite style="font-style:normal" class="news" id="CITEREFPepitone2010">Pepitone, Julianne (22 September 2010). "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://money.cnn.com/2010/09/22/news/companies/forbes_400/index.htm">Forbes 400: The super-rich get richer</a>". <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CNN" class="extiw" title="w:CNN">CNN</a></i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved on 11 August 2013</span>.</cite><span class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=Forbes+400%3A+The+super-rich+get+richer&rft.jtitle=%5B%5Bw%3ACNN%7CCNN%5D%5D&rft.aulast=Pepitone&rft.aufirst=Julianne&rft.au=Pepitone%2C+Julianne&rft.date=22+September+2010&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fmoney.cnn.com%2F2010%2F09%2F22%2Fnews%2Fcompanies%2Fforbes_400%2Findex.htm&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Michael_Moore"><span style="display: none;"> </span></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-AN-20110214-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">↑ <a href="#cite_ref-AN-20110214_5-0"><sup>a</sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-AN-20110214_5-1"><sup>b</sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Johnson, Dave (<span class="mw-formatted-date" title="2011-02-14">14 February 2011</span>). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.alternet.org/story/149918/9_pictures_that_expose_this_country%27s_obscene_division_of_wealth">9 Pictures That Expose This Country's Obscene Division of Wealth</a>. <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternet" class="extiw" title="w:Alternet">Alternet</a></i>. Retrieved on 11 August 2013.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-NYT-20131231-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-NYT-20131231_6-0">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite style="font-style:normal" class="news" id="CITEREFMoore2013">Moore, Michael (31 December 2013). "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/01/opinion/moore-the-obamacare-we-deserve.html">The Obamacare We Deserve</a>". <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Times" class="extiw" title="w:New York Times">New York Times</a></i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved on 6 January 2014</span>.</cite><span class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=The+Obamacare+We+Deserve&rft.jtitle=%5B%5Bw%3ANew+York+Times%7CNew+York+Times%5D%5D&rft.aulast=Moore&rft.aufirst=Michael&rft.au=Moore%2C+Michael&rft.date=31+December+2013&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2014%2F01%2F01%2Fopinion%2Fmoore-the-obamacare-we-deserve.html&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Michael_Moore"><span style="display: none;"> </span></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-NWS-20140101-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-NWS-20140101_7-0">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite style="font-style:normal" class="news" id="CITEREFStaff2014">Staff (1 January 2014). "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/michael-moore-obamacare/2014/01/01/id/544699">Michael Moore: 'Awful' Obamacare is Liberals' 'Dirty Little Secret'</a>". <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newsmax_Media" class="extiw" title="w:Newsmax Media">Newsmax Media</a></i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved on 6 January 2014</span>.</cite><span class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=Michael+Moore%3A+%27Awful%27+Obamacare+is+Liberals%27+%27Dirty+Little+Secret%27&rft.jtitle=%5B%5Bw%3ANewsmax+Media%7CNewsmax+Media%5D%5D&rft.aulast=Staff&rft.au=Staff&rft.date=1+January+2014&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.newsmax.com%2FNewsfront%2Fmichael-moore-obamacare%2F2014%2F01%2F01%2Fid%2F544699&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Michael_Moore"><span style="display: none;"> </span></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-TNR-20140105-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-TNR-20140105_8-0">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite style="font-style:normal" class="news" id="CITEREFNoam_Schieber2014">Noam Schieber (5 January 2014). "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.newrepublic.com/article/116105/obamacare-will-lead-single-payer-michael-moore">How Obamacare Actually Paves the Way Toward Single Payer</a>". <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_Republic" class="extiw" title="w:The New Republic">The New Republic</a></i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved on 7 January 2014</span>.</cite><span class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=How+Obamacare+Actually+Paves+the+Way+Toward+Single+Payer&rft.jtitle=%5B%5Bw%3AThe+New+Republic%7CThe+New+Republic%5D%5D&rft.aulast=Noam+Schieber&rft.au=Noam+Schieber&rft.date=5+January+2014&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.newrepublic.com%2Farticle%2F116105%2Fobamacare-will-lead-single-payer-michael-moore&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Michael_Moore"><span style="display: none;"> </span></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-HP-20161114-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-HP-20161114_9-0">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite style="font-style:normal" class="news" id="CITEREFJacobs2016"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Jacobs" class="extiw" title="w:Matthew Jacobs">Jacobs, Matthew</a> (November 14, 2016). "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/michael-moore-donald-trump_us_5829c5bce4b02d21bbc97cab">Michael Moore: Fascists Now Come With ‘A Smiley Face And Maybe A TV Show’</a>". <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HuffPost" class="extiw" title="w:HuffPost">HuffPost</a></i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved on October 20, 2018</span>.</cite><span class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=Michael+Moore%3A+Fascists+Now+Come+With+%E2%80%98A+Smiley+Face+And+Maybe+A+TV+Show%E2%80%99&rft.jtitle=%5B%5Bw%3AHuffPost%7CHuffPost%5D%5D&rft.aulast=Jacobs&rft.aufirst=Matthew&rft.au=Jacobs%2C+Matthew&rft.date=November+14%2C+2016&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.huffingtonpost.com%2Fentry%2Fmichael-moore-donald-trump_us_5829c5bce4b02d21bbc97cab&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Michael_Moore"><span style="display: none;"> </span></span></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Michael_Moore&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="noprint" style="clear: right; 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