“We hear every damn day about how fragile our country is — on the brink of catastrophe — torn by polarizing hate and how it’s a shame that we can’t work together to get things done, but the truth is we do.  We work together to get things done every damn day!”

—  Jon Stewart

Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear closing speech (2010)

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