Ted Rall

“I believe that the role of the artist is to be a provocateur.”

“The only thing I can't stand is discomfort.”

“The Republican and Democratic parties are two wings of the same corporate bird of prey.”

“The mainstream media has its own agenda. And it's not the same as my agenda.”

“There is no objectivity. Anyone who says they are objective is either a liar or a fool.”

“I'm not a journalist. I'm a pundit. I'm a commentator, and I'm a cartoonist.”

“My job is to be the court jester. He's the only one who can tell the king he's an idiot.”

“I think humor is a great way to deal with the darkest of subjects.”

“The worst thing you can do as a cartoonist is to be boring.”

“Political cartoons are the last bastion of pure, unadulterated opinion in the mainstream media.”

“There's no such thing as a war on terrorism. It's a war on the concept of terrorism.”

“What I do is, I have a point of view. It's a strong point of view. And I will not back down.”

“Comics are a medium, not a genre.”

“In a world of sound bites, a cartoon is a mansion.”

“I'm not interested in being polite. I'm interested in being right.”

“If you're not pissing someone off, you probably aren't doing your job.”

“The problem with the American left is that it's not left enough.”

“The idea that you can't be anti-war and pro-troop is a very recent invention.”