Fahrenheit 9/11
Fahrenheit 9/11

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

Fahrenheit 9/11
Fahrenheit 9/11

American Soldier #16: If Donald Rumsfeld was here, I'd ask him for his resignation.

Fahrenheit 9/11
Fahrenheit 9/11

American Soldier #7: You cannot kill someone without killing a part of yourself.

Fahrenheit 9/11
Fahrenheit 9/11

George W. Bush: [Explaining his extended vacation time] It's amazing what can be done with telephones, faxes...

Fahrenheit 9/11
Fahrenheit 9/11

Lila Lipscomb: The ignorance of everyday people killed my son.

Fahrenheit 9/11
Fahrenheit 9/11

Narrator: The FBI was coming to see Barry, and they weren't there to jazzercise.

Fahrenheit 9/11
Fahrenheit 9/11

American Soldier: I make anywhere between two and three thousand a month. A Halliburton employee out here driving a bus can make between eight and ten thousand a month. Explain that one to me. For 40 hours a week. Driving the same two-and-half-mile route. Go figure. Where's the justification in that?

Fahrenheit 9/11
Fahrenheit 9/11

[an Iraqi man is holding a dead, blooded child shortly after the invasion]
Iraqi Man: What's this baby's crime? Was he going to fight the soldiers?

Fahrenheit 9/11
Fahrenheit 9/11

Mature woman: Today on the news, Rumsfeld was saying and Wolfowitz was saying: "The Iraqi people are much, much better off. Isn't it better that we got rid of Saddam, and now the Iraqi people can do what they wanna do, and really be free?" Will they ever be free? No, they'll not be free. And where are the weapons of mass destruction? It was a - we were duped. We were really duped. And these poor

people, the young men and women who are being killed there. It's unnecessary.

Fahrenheit 9/11
Fahrenheit 9/11

Richard Clarke: [referring to the Bush Administration] They put only 11,000 troops into Afghanistan. There are more police here in Manhattan. More in Manhattan than there are U.S. Troops in Afghanistan. The president botched the response. He should have gone after bin Laden. The U.S. Special Forces didn't get into the area where bin Laden was for two months!

Fahrenheit 9/11
Fahrenheit 9/11

Narrator: [referring to homeland security] 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.

Fahrenheit 9/11
Fahrenheit 9/11

American Soldier: The United States was planning on walking through here like it was gonna be easy and all. But it's not that easy to conquer a country, is it?

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Fahrenheit 9/11

Dr. Sam Kubba: I've been getting complaints from Iraqi firms and American firms. The lack of transparency, the corruption. I think the profits American companies are making, the main companies are so overwhelming. I mean, when you have a line item for a million dollars and you subcontract it out for 50 or 60 or $ 70,000, that's a huge profit. It's the American taxpayer that's

gonna pay for that. War is always good for certain companies that are in the war. The business of war. If it wasn't for the oil, nobody would be there. Nobody would worry about it.

Fahrenheit 9/11
Fahrenheit 9/11

Congressman Jim McDermott: You can make people do anything if they're afraid.

Fahrenheit 9/11
Fahrenheit 9/11

[first lines]
Narrator: Was it all just a dream?
Al Gore: God bless you, Florida! Thank you!
Narrator: Did the last four years not really happen? Look, there's Ben Affleck. He's often in my dreams. And the Taxi Driver guy. He was there too. And little Stevie Wonder, he seemed so happy... like, like a miracle had taken place.

Was it a dream? Or was it real?

Fahrenheit 9/11
Fahrenheit 9/11

[President Bush is on vacation and is bird hunting]
George W. Bush: Somebody gonna say "nice shot"?
Aide: Nice shot.

Fahrenheit 9/11
Fahrenheit 9/11

[Sheimi is a businessman speaking at the "Rebuilding Iraq" conference]
Youssef Sheimi: Once that oil starts flowing, it's gonna be lots of money. Whatever it costs, the government will pay you.

Fahrenheit 9/11
Fahrenheit 9/11

Iraqi Man: [after expressing anguish that it was a small child instead of himself that had to die] Those that don't fear death don't die.

Fahrenheit 9/11
Fahrenheit 9/11

Narrator: Not even Ricky Martin could fly.

Fahrenheit 9/11
Fahrenheit 9/11

John Ashcroft: [Preparing for an on-camera appearance] Make me look young!