Michael Moore Quotes
You can't regulate child labor. You can't regulate slavery. Some things are just wrong.
Moore, Michael, director. Capitalism: A Love Story. Overture Films, 2009.
Brown was the richest man in Rhode Island and made much of his money in the slave trade. This quotation shows that slavery was not completely a North verses South split. Northerners like Brown for whose family Brown University was named, was as virulent supporter of slavery as the most ardent Southerner.
The Republican Party condemned polygamy and slavery in its party platform of 1856
Clark, after becoming one of the richest men in America, wanted to go into National Politics, but most people hated him so he could never win elected office. At the time, Montana selected their Senators by a vote of the State Legislature. So Clark bribed enough members of the legislature to become the Senator. However, the bribery scheme became a public scandal and the Senate refused to seat him. So the legislature had another vote in the next legislative session and Clark won again, and that time no one had the evidence of the bribes. But then, more about Clark became known, and he just served the one term.
Michael Francis Moore is an American documentary filmmaker, author, and activist. His works frequently address the topics of globalization and capitalism.
