Political Commentary Quotes

Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want and deserve to get it good and hard.

I'm a big fan of political editor Allegra Stratton.

The court jester had the right to say the most outrageous things to the king. Everything was permitted during carnival, even the songs that the Roman legionnaires would sing, calling Julius Caesar 'queen,' alluding, in a very transparent way, to his real, or presumed, homosexual escapades.

I had to make a movie about politics sometime in my career and it was impossible to do it seriously.

When in doubt, mock the powerful, not the powerless.

When despots rule, cartoonists die.

Television is to news as bumperstickers are to philosophy.

Sarah Palin made her debut as a Fox News analyst. They finally found a job that she's not under-qualified for.

Donald Trump often appears on Fox, which is ironic because a fox often appears on Donald Trump's head.

Science fiction should not be dismissed as escapism. It is a profound vehicle for talking about social and political issues.

Most people don't read editorial pages. I think I must have been 40 before I even looked at an editorial page.

Anybody can reach anywhere from five to 15 million people weekly making a president look like an idiot, as I did back then, or Tina Fey did with Sarah Palin... You're always preaching to the choir one way or the other.

You know, I'm a comedian the same as Bill Maher and Jon Stewart. We all came up the same way. The three of us have interest in politics; I call us fundits, we're fundits! We're not pundits!

If you want to be in Hollywood, and if you want to make big international movies, you have to be able to make movies that don't have anything to do with social status or politics. To limit yourself to just do these little small movies and call it black cinema itself is a mistake to me.

There has to be news at a place called Fox News.

Conservatives are fond of telling us what a wonderful, happy, prosperous nation this is. The only thing that matches their love of country is the remarkable indifference they show toward the people who live in it.

When I was at 'SNL,' I would constantly get in arguments, 'Why aren't we more political? We're not going after Bush.' Then look what happened - that Sarah Palin season, they were on fire. It was about something.

The political nature of 'Threepenny Opera' is immediately visible. I just think that that's not always a part of acceptable and fun entertainment that we're exposed to - that political side.

Our real disease ... is democracy.

You're likable enough, Hillary.

A worker voting for Mitt Romney is like a chicken voting for Colonel Sanders.

I always stayed away from political commentary. First of all, I didn't feel entitled. What I may feel about a candidate, I'm a comedian. I mean, if people like my comedy, that doesn't mean they should vote for the person I like. That's why I always kind of stayed away from endorsements.

I don't write political stuff. I'm sure I've made attempts, but I don't tend to write very topical things, either. I admire those people who do because it's a talent I don't have.

I don't pay any attention to what the 'Baltimore Sun' editorial page says about anything.

Calling the New York State Legislature “a circus” is inappropriate. Circus animals are very intelligent.