Fahrenheit 9/11 - Quotes

George W. Bush: It's amazing what can be done with telephones, faxes...

George W. Bush: We wage a war to save civilization itself. We did not seek it. But, we will fight it. And we will prevail.

George W. Bush: [''on the insurgency''] They're not happy they're occupied. I wouldn't be happy if I were occupied either

George W. Bush: [''on the [[w:Iraqi_insurgency|Iraqi insurgency] There are some who feel like that if they attack us that we may decide to leave prematurely. They don't understand what they are talking about if that's the case. Let me finish. There are some who feel like that the conditions are such that they can attack us there. My answer is bring them on.

George W. Bush: [''Between peaceful daily life in Iraq and the mass bombings''; [Saddam Hussein] My fellow citizens... At this hour, American and coalition forces are in the early stages of military operations to disarm Iraq to free its people and to defend the world from grave danger. On my orders, coalition forces have begun striking selected targets of military importance to undermine ]'s ability to wage war.

George W. Bush: [''on Hussein''; [Al-Qaeda|Al Qaeda] He hates the fact, like ] does, that we love freedom.

George W. Bush: [''on Saddam Hussein''] After all, this is a guy who tried to kill my dad at one time.

George W. Bush: [[dictatorship] Sure a ] would be a heck of a lot easier.

George W. Bush: This is an impressive crowd: the haves, and the have-mores. Some people call you the elite, I call you my base.

George W. Bush: [''Last lines''; [Tennessee; [Texas] There's an old saying in ]. I know it's in ], probably in Tennessee, that says: Fool me once... shame on...shame on you...if fooled, you can't get fooled again.

George W. Bush: Anybody gonna say "nice shot"?

George W. Bush: [''Holding up golf club''] I call upon all nations to do everything they can to stop these terrorist killers. Thank you. Now, watch this drive.

Narrator/Michael Moore: Immoral behavior breeds immoral behavior.

Narrator/Michael Moore: [[Terrorism|terrorist threat] the ] wasn't what this was all about. They just wanted us to be fearful enough, so that we'd get behind what their real plan was.

Narrator/Michael Moore: [[Afghanistan; [United States Armed Forces|Our army] ]? Oh, yeah. They had an army; ]!

Narrator/Michael Moore: [[w:Bush_family|Bush family] Is it rude to suggest that when the ] wakes up in the morning, they might be thinking about what's best for the Saudis, instead of what's best for you or me? Cause 1.4 billion just doesn't buy flights out of the country; it buys a lot of love.

Narrator/Michael Moore: [Then the politicians sing Let The Eagle Soar] The people were afraid so they turn to their leader for help. help from what .

Narrator/Michael Moore: Okay, let me see if I've got this straight, old guys in the gym: bad. Peace groups in Fresno: bad. Breast milk: really bad. But matches and lighters on the plane, hey, no problem.

Narrator/Michael Moore: You can understand why the police needed to spy on a group like Peace Fresno. (camera shows the members) Just look at them! (member rolls his eyes) A gathering of terrorists if I ever saw one.

Narrator/Michael Moore: [[Nineteen Eighty-Four (film)#Winston Smith|1984 Richard Burton/John Hurt movie version; [George Orwell; [Nineteen Eighty-Four] * The quote is almost identical to a block of narration in the ] of ]’s ]. The sentences are assembled from widely separated parts of Goldstein's book within the novel with some paraphrasing.

Narrator/Michael Moore: [[George Orwell] ] once wrote that, "It's not a matter of whether the war is not real, or if it is, 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 is 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 Eastasia but to keep the very structure of society intact.

Narrator/Michael Moore: [[John Ashcroft; [Missouri; [w:Mel_Carnahan|a man who died the month before the election] Meet ]. In 2000, he was running for re-election as Senator from ] against ]. The voters preferred the dead guy, so George W. Bush made him his Attorney General. He was sworn in on a stack of Bibles, cause when you can't beat a dead guy, you need all the help you can get.

Narrator/Michael Moore: I couldn't believe that virtually no member of Congress had read the Patriot Act before voting on it. So I decided that the only patriotic thing to do, was for me to read it to them.

Narrator/Michael Moore: [[Federal Bureau of Investigation|FBI] The ] was coming to see Barry, and they weren't there to jazzercise.

Narrator/Michael Moore: [[Florida; [Airplane|plane; [w:World_Trade_Center|World Trade Center; [Terrorism|terrorists; [Karl Rove|his chief of staff] As the attack took place, Mr. Bush was on his way to an elementary school in ]. When informed of the first ] hitting the ], where ] had struck just eight years prior, Mr. Bush decided to go ahead with his photo opportunity. When the second plane hit the tower, ] entered the classroom and told Mr. Bush the nation is under attack. Not knowing what to do, with no one telling him what to do, and with no secret service rushing in to take him to safety, Mr. Bush just sat there, and continued to read "My Pet Goat" with the children. Nearly seven minutes passed with nobody doing anything.

Narrator/Michael Moore: [''on Bush''; [w:federal_judiciary_of_the_United_States|judges; [Republican Party (United States)|Republican] He couldn't get his ] appointed. He had trouble getting his legislation passed, and he lost ] control of the Senate. His approval ratings in the polls began to sink. He was already beginning to look like a lame duck president. With everything going wrong, he did what any of us would do. He went... on vacation

Narrator/Michael Moore: [[w:first_inauguration_of_George_W._Bush|George W. Bush was inaugurated; [Washington, D.C.|D. C.; [riot; [President of the United States|president] On the day ], tens of thousands of Americans poured into the streets of ] in one last attempt to reclaim what had been taken from them. They pelted Bush's limo with eggs. (Shouting:Stay back! Get back!) and brought the inauguration parade to a halt. The plan to have Bush get out of the limo for the traditional walk to the White House was scrapped. Bush's limo hit the gas to prevent an even larger ]. No ] had ever witnessed such a thing on his inauguration day.

Narrator/Michael Moore: [[United States Congress|Congress; ''on George W. Bush''; [Education|schools] Not a single member of ] wanted to sacrifice their child for the war in Iraq. And who could blame them? Who would want to give up their child? Would you? Would he? I've always been amazed that the very people forced to live in the worst parts of town, go to the worst ], and who have it the hardest are always the first to step up, to defend us. 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?

Narrator/Michael Moore: [[Ricky Martin] Not even ] could fly.

Narrator/Michael Moore: [[health care; [w:Flint,_Michigan|Flint; [Iraq] While Bush was busy taking care of his base and professing his love for our troops, he proposed cutting combat soldiers pay by 33% and assistance to their families by 60%. He opposed giving veterans a billion dollars more in ] benefits, and he supported closing veteran hospitals. He tried to double the prescription drug costs for veterans and opposed full benefits for part-time reservists. And when Staff Sergeant Brett Petriken from ] was killed in ] on May 26, the army sent his last paycheck to his family, but they docked him for the last five days of the month that he didn't work because he was dead.