Jerry Springer quotes

Jerry Springer was an American television presenter, journalist, and former politician, best known for hosting "The Jerry Springer Show." His talk show became famous for its provocative topics and controversial guests. He left a lasting impact on American television and popular culture. Here are 33 of his quotes:

I opposed the war in Iraq because I did not believe it was in our national security interest, and I still don't. What we did was akin to taking a baseball bat to a beehive. Our primary security threat right now is terrorism ---and by doing what we did in Iraq, we've managed to alienate a good part of the world and most of the allies whose intelligence and other help we need to combat and defeat terrorism. (Jerry Springer)
I'm not conflicted. Because I know. There's me, and there's the show. View quote
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I create this persona for the show. And that's what it is. I'm an act. View quote
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The Statue of Liberty means everything. We take it for granted today. We take it for granted. Remember the Statue of Liberty stands for what America is. We as Democrats have to remind ourselves and remind the country the great principles we stand for. This is a place of protection. This is not a country of bullies. We are not an empire. We are the light. We are the Statue of Liberty. View quote
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Country comes before politics. View quote
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My campaign is based upon the proposition that the answers to the problems which currently plague our cities, our towns, and our homes, are not to be found in the decisions in Washington. They are instead to be found in the hearts, minds and resources of our own people here at home. View quote
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The bias against the show is purely elitist. We're all like the people on the show – the difference is that some of us speak better, or were born richer. There's nothing that happens on my show that rich people don't experience. View quote
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The overarching issue, as I see it, is the elitism of America's political system; the fact that regular, ordinary Americans aren't considered in policy debates or legislation, and regularly get shafted by the powers-that-be in Washington. View quote
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I should get a weekend show where all I do is play country music. View quote
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Life is what it is, and you take what's handed, and you work as hard as you can, and hopefully you'll be successful, but I just don't spend too much time worrying about that. I do my show and I've always said it's a stupid show, and I've had a wonderful life because of it and all that, but I've never for a second thought that it's important. It's trivial. It's chewing gum. I recognize that. Once you do something that's significant in life, all this other stuff is just a way to eat. View quote
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The GNP by itself is no mark of our national achievement. For it includes smokestacks that pollute, drugs that destroy, and ambulances which clear our highways of human wreckage. It includes a mugger's knife, a rioter's bomb, and Oswald's rifle, but if the GNP tells us all this, there is much that it does not tell us. It says nothing about the health of our families, the quality of their education, or the joy of their play. (Jerry Springer)
...yes, because back in my day, Abraham Lincoln was president and sex was just being invented. [A sarcastic response to a guest in an episode seen circa 2009. View quote
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Good luck to all of our guests, hope you can find some happiness in your future endeavours..., ...until next time, take care of yourself and each other. View quote
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We are all born as empty vessels which can be shaped by moral values. View quote
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With a face like mine, I do better in print. View quote
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Showbiz is a job. I never take it too seriously. I work hard, but I never pretend it's life or death. I'm just incredibly lucky. View quote
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Hi, do you me? My face is seen around Cincinnati constantly. But when I travel, say across state lines people don't know me, Jerry Springer, from Jerry Ford. That's way I carry this, the American Express Card. It's the card that good at thousands of clubs and motels across the river. I can even get hassle free check approval. For quick and enjoyable entertainment it can't be beat, just like me. View quote
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We can't just have mainstream behavior on television in a free society, we have to make sure we see the whole panorama of human behavior. View quote
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All of us, whether or not we're celebrities, every one ought to spend part of their life making someone else's life better. View quote
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I don't live in Hollywood. I don't have celebrities as friends. I like them, but I don't pal around with them. I just live in the Midwest, a real normal world. View quote
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I still do politics but I do it behind the scenes now. So that's still my passion. It's what I believe most strongly in, and I love that. Do I miss being in elective politics? Sometimes. This show is fun to do, my American show, and it's obviously silly, sometimes stupid. It gives me a good living and I enjoy it but I'm not passionate about it like I am about politics. (Jerry Springer)
Somebody once said I had a face for radio and a voice for newspapers. View quote
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I knew early on that I would do politics, but I would never make a living at it. I would do something else. View quote
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I play a crazy talk-show host, but that's not me. It's like an actor playing a role. View quote
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I treat politics kind of like my religion. It's something I believe in, but I don't want to have to make a living at it, because if you make a living at it, you somehow become dishonest. View quote
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