Stephen Colbert Quotes

Extremes can be right on no side.

The main discomfort in being a middle-of-the-roader is that you get sideswiped by partisans going in both directions.

Centrism is bogus.

In politics the middle way is none at all.

It is human nature to stand in the middle of a thing.

Most people perceive moderates as timid middle-of-the-roaders who can't take a stand.

I would consider myself more a passionate centrist.

It seems like the whole world is either with Israel or with Palestine. It seems like there is nobody who is actually in the middle, because the only loud people are the ones in the extreme.

In the field of controversy I always pity the moderate party, who stand on the open middle ground exposed to the fire of both sides.

I'm part of the mushball middle. I consider 'confused' the majority position because, thankfully, most people would rather be uncertain some of the time than 100% positive all the time - even when they're wrong.

I've found that balance is key. I'm no longer an extremist in any one direction.

Most political accidents happen in the middle of the road.

Any policy that is extreme we must avoid.

The solution, as always, is a union of the half truths drawn from the extremes

The best position the government could assume would be that of moderation between opposite extremes of Ultra-Toryism and Radicalism

Damned Neuters, in their Middle way of Steering, Are neither Fish, nor Flesh, nor good Red Herring.

You see every extreme position defended to the last vote, almost to the last breath by one unyielding group or another. You often see a balanced and fair approach that demands sacrifice, a little sacrifice from everyone, abandoned like an orphan without support and without friends.

I'm quite moderate.

I know a moderate, more centered candidate like myself doesn't get as much attention as people who tend to say more extreme things.

People live in the middle. I think everyone does. Good is on one side, bad is on the other side, and we live in the middle.

I feel, in my life, in any situation I've been in, I've always been sort of in the middle.

People ask me if I'm liberal or conservative. I say neither - I'm pragmatic.

There is no shame is being ambivalent about almost everything in your life.

When you're trying to please both sides of the fence at the same time you really can't do that.

The middle of the road is a poor place to walk. It is a poor place to drive. It is a poor place to live.