Robert Greenwald Quotes

Our goal isn't to close Wal-Mart down.

It is to make it a better, more humane company toward its employees and the communities it is in.

Even though the Koch brothers' businesses put 4.

4 million people at risk with pollutants, the Kochs have poured millions into lobbyists' coffers and political contributions to ensure their bottom line stays unchanged by the most basic safety precaution.

It appears the Kochs are among the most defensive billionaires, preferring the comfy confines of their callous and intellectually dishonest world view.

We know that BP cuts safety corners, takes risks, and is unconcerned about anything other than their own profit.

Economic research demonstrates that tax dollars spent in early childhood development provide extraordinary return on investment-16% for high quality programs

What I always try to do is make the political personal.

A lot of progressives really believe that if we can turn out one more white paper with bullet points about how to fix Problem X, we can fix it. But that's not primarily the way you reach people or move them. You reach the heart first.

Ideology has consequences.

Those are just some of the people whom we interviewed in the documentary, but that should provide you with a good sense of the credibility of the individuals who bolster the case that this administration lied us into a war.

Everyone knows drones are being deployed outside the US for assassinations.

Let's say you even believe in drones. Shouldn't we have a system that would "justify" their use? i.e. we did this attack, because these bad guys were there, and here's what we did. We don't even have that.

If people take the film and screen it whenever possible for their social and professional networks, we can continue to make a difference. It is one more element we have to use in the ongoing effort to take back our country.

Filmmakers now have the freedom to create the type of movie they want.

More screenwriters, directors, and producers now have the chance to see their words on screen now that VOD and streaming outlets are available. Overall, it's a good thing for filmmaking and documentarians.

The Occupy movement has drawn attention to how too many in the 1 percent get to play by their own rules while exploiting the 99 percent.

O'Reilly continues to hide behind his microphone.

I do think that we are facing a crisis in our democracy.

As true patriots, each and every one of us has to speak up, speak out, and change those in charge. Our democracy depends upon it.

Over and over again-in the movie, I have nine different people who have worked for Fox News network who have come forward and talked on camera, three of them anonymously, by the way.

Corporate conglomerates run without regulation do not work in the service of society, and run reckless and unchecked whenever possible.

New media has made it possible for filmmakers like me to get their message out.

No big Hollywood studios are needed anymore to make and release a film. More and more people are watching movies and television online than going to the movie theater because of costs. This freedom gives me the opportunity to create the film I want to be seen and heard.

You're talking to somebody who two years ago couldn't figure out how to use e-mail and who now has carpal tunnel. It has totally changed in that these films would not be getting out to people the way they're getting out without the Internet.

As far as the he Taliban goes, it is not one unified organization Some of them are brutal to the population, some are less aggressive. But the key is that none of them pose an immediate threat to the U.S.

People may be surprised at how hard and difficult filmmaking can be, having the creativity and the technical aspects together is very hard to do.