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It’s interesting that when economic times were the hardest, that’s when many people embraced liberalism.

Oliver Stone

JFK was leading the world, leading the United States into a new position with the Soviet Union. He was calling for the end of the Cold War. He would have been reelected in 1964 because he was vastly popular.
OLIVER STONE

Calling United States War
There is nothing inherently wrong with greed as a human motivator – greed motivating evolution. But there’s a huge disconnect between the classes. It is very demoralizing to work for someone who makes a billion dollars a year while you make just barely enough to make it.
OLIVER STONE

Country Evolution Greed Humans People
The past assumes the nature of the present.
OLIVER STONE

Assuming Past Present
I have the right to interpretation as a dramatist. I research. It’s my responsibility to find the research. It’s my responsibility to digest it and do the best that I can with it. But at a certain point that responsibility will become an interpretation.
OLIVER STONE

Interpretation Research Responsibility
I do believe there are leaders who are like lightning and they come along and they lead. The Lincolns of the world, the Alexander the Greats, they do exist. They have existed.
OLIVER STONE

Believe Country Leader Lightning People
The truth is not being aired in the West. It’s a surreal perversion of history that’s going on once again, as in Bush pre-Iraq ‘WMD’ campaign.
OLIVER STONE

Campaigns Country Going People
I don’t want to make a half-assed film. It’s not my area of expertise.
OLIVER STONE

Country Film Half People Want
It’s interesting that when economic times were the hardest, that’s when many people embraced liberalism.
OLIVER STONE

Economic Interesting People Times Tough
I will come out with my interpretation. If I’m wrong, fine. It will become part of the debris of history, part of the give and take.
OLIVER STONE

Country Fine Give Giving People Take
From ’45, the moment Franklin Roosevelt dies, we’re running ratlines with the Germans, helping Nazis escape.
OLIVER STONE

Helping Moments Running
We all know what we know. We experience with our minds and breath.
OLIVER STONE

Breaths Knows Mind
Never underestimate the power of jealousy and the power of envy to destroy. Never underestimate that.
OLIVER STONE

Envy Jealousy Underestimate
I would vote for the man who’s lived life, who’s done different occupations, who’s been out in the real world and struggled to make a living, struggled to raise a family, struggled with life as it exists. So I’d vote for experience, honest experience.
OLIVER STONE

Experience Men Real
Bin Laden was completely protected by the oil companies in this country who told [President] Bush not to go after him because it would piss off the Saudis.
OLIVER STONE

Country Oil President
I think our life is a series of adventures.
OLIVER STONE

Adventure Life Thinking
I think that many people in history who had power were bumped off because they had power.
OLIVER STONE

Bumped People Thinking

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