A Quote by Henny Youngman

I'm offended by political jokes. Too often they get elected.

Henny Youngman

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Henny Youngman
American - Comedian
March 16, 1906 - February 24, 1998

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

Jon Stewart

I don't do a lot of political jokes. Too many are getting elected.

Bob Hope

The trouble with practical jokes is that very often they get elected.

Will Rogers

Jokes are great capsules of information. I think they should never be censored. They often are offensive - and we're offended by different things - but I believe deeply in what Freud wrote of their relationship to the unconscious, which is that jokes come to help us. We laugh so as to dispense with, or to express, some ambivalence or discomfort with the things around us. That's what laughing is: a release.

Lynne Tillman

I was raised evangelical, so if you want to get offended, let's get offended. I have a master's degree in being offended.

Pete Holmes

During a political campaign everyone is concerned with what a candidate will do on this or that question if he is elected except the candidate; he's too busy wondering what he'll do if he isn't elected.

Everett Dirksen

Personally, I think people need to get over this 'being offended' thing. Being offended does not give you the right to silence people. I get offended by things all the time - it's just part of life. The right not to be offended is not a human right, especially in a democracy.

Ben Miller

I just don't get if you have ever gotten offended by a joke, why would you go to a comedy club? That's where jokes happen.

Brad Williams

The way to stop political correctness is to not do it. If someone says, You offended me then you say I don't care! If they're offended by the truth, that's their issue!

Brad Stine

We have to fundamentally change the way people are elected to political office in this country, as well as the types of people that are going into political office. It's dysfunctional because people on each side are only talking to themselves - they're not talking to each other and that is a function of how they get elected.

Diana Taylor

Jokes apart, I, like many other, am looking for strong and stable government. I don't want any chaotic political situation where the elected government is being toppled frequently.

Ruskin Bond

I've always been fascinated by the difference between the jokes you can tell your friends but you can't tell to an audience. There's a fine line you have to tread because you don't know who is out there in the auditorium. A lot of people are too easily offended.

Billy Connolly

Too often, real policy improvements get drowned out by political talking points.

Matt Rosendale

Those who are offended by something are most often those who deserve to be offended by it.

Derek R. Audette

I make comedies and I always try... I don't try but I allow to have at least 5% of the jokes or have some jokes that I know will be understood by only about 5% of the audience. It's that guy in the corner who gets it and laughs. But he has to have his jokes too. That's part of my audience. Part of my audience is the people who will only get certain things.

Alexander Payne

I can't get too offended when somebody parodies me.

Al Yankovic

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