Frederick Wiseman Quotes

A minority of malcontents, some justly, some unjustly, angry with the present state of things, will always exist in this world.

The world today doesn't please me.

Nobody will deny that there is at least some roughness everywhere.

Well, there's things that never will be right I know, And things need changin' everywhere you go

I certainly feel injustice. I'm no foreigner to that, whether it's real or perceived.

I have always had an extreme sensitivity to inequality.

It is not actual suffering but the taste of better things which excites people to revolt.

I mean, you know, we don't live in a perfect world.

With these vast advantages, ordinary and extraordinary, one would have supposed the North would have been content, and would have at least respected the security and tranquility of such obedient and profitable brethren; but such is not human nature.

I'll be honest, there's a part of me that does think I'm held to a different standard than my contemporaries and peers, and it's a little frustrating.

Whoever is content with the world, and who profits from its lack of justice, does not want to change it.

Life isn't fair. It's just fairer than death, that's all.

I used to be so angry about the kids that had stuff. Like the kids that had cars, the kids that had money to go get lunch every day off campus. I used to feel so slighted.

I guess I'm struck all the time by how outrageously wrong life is. There are times I can't stand to read the newspapers. It makes me insane.

I am disgusted and worn out with the system that seems to prevail.

I'm just part of a tradition of people who aren't pleased. I would never think anyone else who has the same attitude was getting it from me. I'd just think they're... sensible.

As long as there are people who are not happy with their lot in life, as long as the United States is perceived to somehow be the cause of this unhappiness, there will be terrorism.

Desire, ignorance, and inequality—this is the trinity of bondage.

Much law, but little justice.

Can you even begin to fathom the arduous, debasing journey people endure to serve you comfortably in the luxury you are so accustomed to?

… a contest between the insufficient and the insufferable

You [a country] cannot be rich, successful and powerful and still be loved, particularly be those who have little success, wealth or power.

The absence of shared sacrifice in this country shames us.

I'm the same as anyone else. If you are as good at a job as someone else, but they get three or four times more, you get a bit frustrated.

I do feel infuriated by the things I perceive to be unfair.