Robert Greenwald Quotations

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.

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.

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

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.

Ideology has consequences.

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.

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

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.

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.