Politics Quotes by Jon Stewart

Poor Al Gore. Global warming completely debunked via the very internet you invented.

— Jon Stewart

I don't consider myself a serious and social political critic.

— Jon Stewart

What's with the poverty Tourette's? Why do these two think we need a hobo for president?

— Jon Stewart

Bad jokes and gay marriage are destroying this country. But torture can save it.

— Jon Stewart

I don't think politics is any longer about a conversation with the country.

— Jon Stewart

“[Stump speeches] are to oratory what a stump is to a tree.”

— Jon Stewart

Congress is the Justin Bieber of our government

— Jon Stewart

The government that governs best, governs best!

— Jon Stewart

That's the beauty of our show. Comedy or politics. We're sort of a mix. A space age polymer of both. A synthetic…

— Jon Stewart

The government should stop meddling in the business of the farmers, who would actually still be living ina desert if not for…

— Jon Stewart

The only time a politico will try to avoid playing the blame game is when they or theirs are to blame.

— Jon Stewart

What are you so mad about? That we still have a government? We still have “traffic lights.” We’re sorry. The government’s not…

— Jon Stewart

I feel much more strongly about the abdication of responsibility by the media than by political advocates. They're representing a constituency.

— Jon Stewart

I have become increasingly unnerved by the depth of corruption that exists at many different levels. I'm less upset with politicians than…

— Jon Stewart

I heard Dennis Kucinich say in a debate, 'When I'm president... and I just wanted to stop him and say, 'Dude.'

— Jon Stewart

The Oscars is the one night of the year when you can see all your favorite stars without having to donate any…

— Jon Stewart

The government is just you know, blowing the doors off the media. And not everywhere, and I think, this is where you…

— Jon Stewart

I'm less upset with politicians than the media. I feel like politicians, there is a certain, inherent - you know, the way…

— Jon Stewart

One of the things that I do think government counts on is that people are busy. And it's very difficult to mobilize…

— Jon Stewart

People don't understand that we're not warriors in their cause. We're a group of people that really feel that they want to…

— Jon Stewart

(Terrorists) are planning to disrupt our democratic process. It's scary I know, but we're not going to let al Qaeda tell us…

— Jon Stewart

If it turns out that President Barack Obama can make a deal with the most intransigent, hard-line, unreasonable, totalitarian mullahs in the…

— Jon Stewart

Critics have noted Schwarzenegger's only previous government experience was serving under President Bush senior as Chairman of the Council of Physical Fitness,…

— Jon Stewart

But our perfect democracy, which neither needs nor particularly wants voters, is a rarity. It is important to remember there still exist…

— Jon Stewart

Robert Torricelli, a powerful fund-raiser who helped raise more than $100 million for the Democratic party, took inappropriate gifts from a businessman,…

— Jon Stewart

Just every moment with Dick Cheney has been my favorite. Here's what I wonder about Dick Cheney, and the reason that maybe…

— Jon Stewart

If someone was to introduce hope and idealism into our political system, I think the tension that would create in other areas…

— Jon Stewart

Fox opposes a Syria peace plan because its modus operandi is to foment dissent in the form of a relentless and irrational…

— Jon Stewart

The country's 24 hour political pundit perpetual panic conflictinator did not cause our problems but its existence makes solving them that much…

— Jon Stewart

“Each party has a platform--a pre-fixed menu of beliefs making up its worldview. The candidate can choose one of the two platforms,…

— Jon Stewart

If I was to really get at the burr in my saddle, it's not politics - and this is, I think, probably…

— Jon Stewart

“We owe Clint Eastwood a debt of thanks. Not only because it was truly a hilarious twelve minutes of improvised "awesome" in…

— Jon Stewart

You wonder sometimes how our government puts on its pants in the morning.

— Jon Stewart

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

— Jon Stewart

Donald Rumsfeld. Love him or hate him, you've gotta admit: a lot of people hate him.

— Jon Stewart

If the president is the head of the American body politic, Congress is its gastrointestinal tract. Its vast and convoluted inner workings…

— Jon Stewart

Nobody cares that Mitt Romney is rich. It's Romney's inability to understand the institutional advantage that he gains from the government’s tax…

— Jon Stewart

The frustration of our [The Daily] show is- very much outside any parameters of the media or the government. We don't have…

— Jon Stewart

“As heirs to a legacy more than two centuries old, it is understandable why present-day Americans would take their own democracy for…

— Jon Stewart