Im not conflicted. Because I know. Theres me, and theres the show. — 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 c. 2009"

"I still do politics but I do it behind the scenes now. So thats still my passion. Its 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 its obviously silly, sometimes stupid. It gives me a good living and I enjoy it but Im not passionate about it like I am about politics."

"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."

"The overarching issue, as I see it, is the elitism of Americas political system; the fact that regular, ordinary Americans arent considered in policy debates or legislation, and regularly get shafted by the powers-that-be in Washington."

"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 muggers knife, a rioters bomb, and Oswalds 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."

"Life is what it is, and you take whats handed, and you work as hard as you can, and hopefully youll be successful, but I just dont spend too much time worrying about that. I do my show and Ive always said its a stupid show, and Ive had a wonderful life because of it and all that, but Ive never for a second thought that its important. Its trivial. Its chewing gum. I recognize that. Once you do something thats significant in life, all this other stuff is just a way to eat."