Jon Stewart Quotes

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• You can truly grieve for every officer who's been lost in the line of duty in this country, and still be troubled by cases of police overreach.

  Jon Stewart

  Respect, Country, Regret

  "Jon Stewart To Fox News’ Brian Kilmeade: ‘F—k You’" by Catherine Taibi, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 9, 2014.

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  If you don't stick to your values when they're being tested, they're not values: they're hobbies.

  Jon Stewart

  Motivational, Sticks, Hobbies

  "The Daily Show", January 22, 2009.

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  I’m not going to censor myself to comfort your ignorance

  Jon Stewart

  Ignorance, Comfort

  "Egypt's Jon Stewart? Al Bernameg is a political satire to rival The Daily Show" by Patrick Kingsley, www.theguardian.com. March 6, 2013.

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• Evil is relatively rare. Ignorance is epidemic.

  Jon Stewart

  Ignorance, Epidemics, Evil

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• It is hard to get mad at Donald Trump for saying stupid things, in the same way you don't get mad at a monkey when he throws poop at you at the zoo... What does get me angry is the ridiculous, disingenuous defending of the poop-throwing monkey.

  Jon Stewart

  Zoos, Stupid, Mad

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• The best defence against bullshit is vigilance. So if you smell something, say something.

  Jon Stewart

  Smell, Bullshit, Vigilance

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• When did fact checking and journalism go their separate ways?

  Jon Stewart

  Way, Facts, Journalism

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• I celebrated Thanksgiving in an old-fashioned way. I invited everyone in my neighborhood to my house, we had an enormous feast, and then I killed them and took their land.

  Jon Stewart

  Funny, Thanksgiving, Holiday

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• I have complete faith in the continued absurdity of whatever’s going on.

  Jon Stewart

  Absurdity

  Philadelphia Inquirer interview, April 22, 2007.

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• Yes, reason has been a part of organized religion, ever since two nudists took dietary advice from a talking snake.

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  Humorous, Talking, Snakes

  "The Daily Show". www.imdb.com. 1996 - ....

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• In whose delusional mind is democracy made 'better' by allowing wealthy people to control more of it?

  Jon Stewart

  People, Mind, Democracy

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  Religion. It's given people hope in a world torn apart by religion.

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  Death, Hope, Atheist

  "The Daily Show". www.imdb.com. 1996 - ....

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• Must be nice to be a Republican senator sometimes, because you get the fun of breaking sh*t and the joy of complaining the sh*t you just broke doesn't work.

  Jon Stewart

  Fun, Nice, Joy

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• I don't approve of political jokes; I have seen too many of them get elected.

  Jon Stewart

  Political, Political Jokes, Jokes

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• You've confused a war on your religion with not always getting everything you want.

  Jon Stewart

  Confused, War, Religion

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• We could overcome the baser aspects of our nature... and give this planet the kind of caretakers it deserves.

  Jon Stewart

  Giving, Overcoming, Kind

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• They always throw around this term 'the liberal elite.' And I kept thinking to myself about the Christian right. What's more elite than believing that only you will go to heaven?

  Jon Stewart

  Christian, Believe, Thinking

  "Opting Out of Reality for Jesus" by George Heymont, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 30, 2013.

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• Isn't it amazing what scientists can accomplish when no one makes them stop?

  Jon Stewart

  Scientist, Accomplish

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• Yes, the long war on Christianity. I pray that one day we may live in an America where Christians can worship freely! In broad daylight! Openly wearing the symbols of their religion... perhaps around their necks? And maybe -- dare I dream it? -- maybe one day there can be an openly Christian President. Or, perhaps, 43 of them. Consecutively.

  Jon Stewart

  Christian, Dream, War

  "Graham's Last Crusade - June 26, 2005". abcnews.go.com.

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  When you are actually powerful, you don't need to be petty.

  Jon Stewart

  Powerful, Needs, Petty

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Corporations are the only reason the tax code is so complicated in the first place. Those off-shore loopholes didn't get carved out by poor people.

  Jon Stewart

  People, Corporations, Firsts

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• Don't censor yourself to comfort their ignorance.

  Jon Stewart

  Ignorance, Comforting, Comedian

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• People talk about sexual assault like it's a bad habit that men have.

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  Men, People, Habit

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• Most world religions denounced war as a barbaric waste of human life. We treasured the teachings of these religions so dearly that we frequently had to wage war in order to impose them on other people.

  Jon Stewart

  War, Teaching, Order

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  To the people who are upset about their hard-earned tax money going to things they don’t like: welcome to the f*cking club. Reimburse me for the Iraq war and oil subsidies, and diaphragms are on me!

  Jon Stewart

  War, Oil, Iraq

  "Jon Stewart Slams Rush Limbaugh’s Sandra Fluke Comments:‘He Is A Terrible Person’" by Katla McGlynn, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 03, 2012.

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