Michael Moore Quotes

The highest form of patriotism is dissent.

This is an amazing country, for all of its faults. My feeling is, dig in and let's try to change the world. Dissent is not only your right, it's your duty.

Anybody intelligent enough to realize what America is, is not going to sit around and do nothing about it. They're going to be the same way that I am. They're going to be the same way our fans are. They're going to be pissed.

I want people to be mad as hell. Be mad as hell and work toward something. Find an issue and find a candidate that you believe in.

I want to be proud of this country, but when aspects of our policy don't align with my ethics, I want to protest them and try to change them.

We're told, 'If you want to change the world, vote.' And really, if you want to change the world, there's a lot more things that you can do.

Our purpose now is to reclaim democracy itself. We are here to affirm that when Americans stand up and speak their minds and say America can do better, that is not a challenge to patriotism; it is the heart and soul of patriotism.

The ignoramus crow of "love it or leave it" omits other viable options, such as staying and changing it.

It's hard for me to believe that just my words on the page are enough. I ought to be out physically keeping abortion safe and legal, restoring the Fourth Amendment, getting clean water back into Kentucky since the Bush Administration has allowed strip miners to fill it all up with slag. The list is endless. Bring it down. Make it small. Make it one thing that you can do. It's very hard for me to remember that.

Ours is a country where anything can be accomplished if enough people get angry... because, in America, we act on our collective anger.

More people, especially young people, are realising that if they want change, they've got to go about it themselves - they can't depend on a particular person, i.e. me, to do all the work. They are less easy to fool than they used to be, they now know what's going on all over the world.

It does not require a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority keen to set brush fires in people's minds.

I feel very happy to be living in Berkeley because there are a lot of people who are politically active here.

I learned more complex ways to manipulate the manipulators, to bring attention to issues about which I felt passionate.

If you have an opportunity to use your voice you should use it.

Social change comes through people.

If you don't like what's going on, you have to get involved.

America needs to be challenged.

I want Americans to realize that we are the owners of this country, and that one person can make a difference.

I think my mom exposed me to the concept of using your voice for anything you care about.

The first step in community organization is community disorganization.

I think voting is the lowest form of political action that you can do. A lot of times, it keeps people from doing stronger things.

You just have to find your activism, and don't let anyone tell you what that should look like. If you're doing the work, and you're getting someone to think, you're on the right path.

We're seeing young people find their own voices and find their activism.

I am raising my voice as a citizen of the country. I don?t want to enter politics.