We have to see that we're a part of each other, and we have to take care of each other. The reason why they have universal health care in Canada and Britain, these other places? Because they believe if one suffers, everybody suffers.

All religions teach the same basic thing, that you have to stand up for those that are considered the worst.

In some states, you can vote a straight party ticket, but you can't vote for individual candidates.

I think I'm in the majority of Americans. I believe that I am in the mainstream of middle America.

It's not surprising to me that in a country born of racial genocide, the issue of race is still an open wound on the American soul. We haven't dealt with it.

Nobody was talking about healthcare until 'Sicko' came out.

The economic system that the United States has is an evil empire. It's an economic system that's not fair, not just, and it's not democratic. And it will fall just like communism fell. The richest 1 percent now own 50 percent of the wealth. It didn't use to be that way. The average CEO 20 years ago made 20 times as much as the average employee. Now they make 212 times as much.