Jon Stewart Quotes

I am who I am. I'm going to speak my mind.

Those who want to burn books are either afraid of the ideas contained within the covers or they haven't the courage to stand up for the views which they themselves profess to hold.

I will never censor myself to please anyone.

Political correctness means nothing to me. Nothing. It's the new Puritanism, darling. Preventing us from expressing ourselves.

I am the product of living in dictatorships. And someone who's lived in dictatorships and not being allowed to be themselves, it cherishes the ability to be yourself and to have feelings and to speak them when asked. And I am that person.

Suppressing ideas never makes them go away.

Every burned book or house enlightens the world; every suppressed or expunged word reverberates through the earth from side to side.

No one is going to tell me how I need to think. No one is going to tell me who I can, and cannot, talk to.

I'm not dressing with men in mind at all. I'm just going to wear what I want to wear. It makes things easier, too.

For me, speaking my mind is a big part of my life, and I encourage other people to do that as well.

I'm more comfortable with myself and saying whatever I want and not really caring about anyone else.

I'm not going to compromise or not say what I want for anyone.

I have a voice, too, and for good or evil mine is the speech that cannot be silenced

I believe for freedom. I believe that people should express themselves the way they want, except as it does in the way that's not nice, but it is what it is.

I have nothing to hide. I enjoy being myself. I'm not going to change who I am just because it's Halloween.

Stand up, speak out, and be bold. Screw political correctness. Never let them tell you to sit down and shut up.

I go out and I say and do what I want - even if people may find that shocking. One could, of course, decide to be suffocated by all the pomp here in Élysée Palace. But if you decide to resist it, then you won't be suffocated.

The oppression of any people for opinion's sake has rarely had any other effect than to fix those opinions deeper, and render them more important.

Every man should know, if you're comfortable and you like it, you should do it. Everyone always worries about what the girls think, what the guys think. If you like it, do it.

The more words we are allowed to take, the freer we become. If our mouth is banned, then we attempt to assert ourselves through gestures, even objects. They are more difficult to interpret, and take time before they arouse suspicion.

I'm not trying to keep anybody happy.

You can't crush ideas by suppressing them. You can only crush them by ignoring them.

And I will never, ever respond to anybody - man, woman, vegetable, or mineral - who tells me to keep my mouth shut.

I think I'm a living embodiment of, 'Don't try to push me around or squash me,' whether its how I talk to a record label or in my relationships.

If we don't believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we don't believe in it at all.