Michael Moore Quotes

I mentioned that I received a scholarship to Episcopalian school, and the model for the school was 'From each according to his or her ability and to each according to his or her need.' And it's something that is still really important to me in thinking about how I prioritize what I do with my life.

In order to be great, you just have to care. You have to care about your world, community, and equality.

Hamdi Ulukaya and Chobani have made the decision to feed 250,000 victims of the Somali famine. Their compassion speaks for itself, and is a shining example of how the business community can have an enormous positive impact on the world.

A healthy democracy requires a decent society; it requires that we are honorable, generous, tolerant and respectful.

It's not a bad thing fighting for equality and helping the poor. It's not a bad thing to have on your professional tombstone: 'He believed in equality and he helped the poor.'

Our America is an America where human needs come before human greed.

At one point, I had over 800 employees, and I always paid all health care for my people - including a man who was my assistant who got HIV. I wound up paying his medical bills, which went into the hundreds of thousands. I'm not making myself out to be a saint. I did the right thing.

If I am more fortunate than others I need to build a longer table not a taller fence.

Yes, a business should thrive, but it shouldn't thrive at the expense of everyone else losing.

I never have felt that people should feel that they are better than others, simply because they just happen to possess a larger share of material items and monetary wealth than others less fortunate. I believe in sharing, assisting, and just lending a helping hand to people.

If democracy is to be an articulation of mutual respect, a leader in a democracy leads by showing respect to all.

I always have gone out of my way to be known as a person who is always so nice to their fans and treats everyone like equal.

We may not all be equally guilty. But we are all equally responsible for building a decent and just society.

What's wrong with wanting the best for everybody?

I've been given benefits from the day I was born. A loving family. A great education. So I see it as an obligation, as a Christian and as a human being, to help.

One good thing is I was instilled with really good values. My mom treats everyone the same.

I've worked for everything I've had, and I can't think of a better way of using it than standing up for what's right, and what's required to build a better society.

There's six of us, and they didn't treat any of us different. They loved us the same. They treated us all the same, and I just want to be like them when I grow up.

Our Constitution gave us rights as citizens of a free democratic nation, but also placed on us the responsibility to always adhere to the central tenets of our democracy - justice, liberty, equality and fraternity.

I think each one of us should try and do small things on Diwali so that those who are not as privileged as we are can also have a good festival.

Creating wealth is not an end in itself. It needs to be shared by all.

For sure, I think that's the mission in all life, whether it's basketball, being a doctor, building a company. I think we take social justice and the lessons we're learning now, that everybody is learning.

Each year on Impact Day, I love seeing our people fill classrooms, parks, and training centers to make a difference in communities across the country.

Compassion, together with contractual responsibility for one's workforce, is a mark of a top employer.

The role of citizens, of Christianity, of humanity, is to take care of each other, not for Washington to steal from those in the country and give to others in the country.