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Top 25 Rick Mercer Quotes (2025 Update)

Rick Mercer Quote: “Do the unexpected. Take 20 minutes out of your day, do what young people all over the world are dying to do: vote.”

1. “Do the unexpected. Take 20 minutes out of your day, do what young people all over the world are dying to do: vote.”

— Rick Mercer

Rick Mercer Quote: “I like to think of myself as an equal opportunity offender.”

2. “I like to think of myself as an equal opportunity offender.”

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Rick Mercer Quote: “The Liberal Party of Canada, heading into an election, at the last minute they always stand up and they say: We know there’s people out there that want to vote NDP and God love you. But if you vote for them you’re throwing your vote away.”

3. “The Liberal Party of Canada, heading into an election, at the last minute they always stand up and they say: We know there’s people out there that want to vote NDP and God love you. But if you vote for them you’re throwing your vote away.”

— Rick Mercer

Rick Mercer Quote: “If someone says, hey, you know, this long weekend, let’s go skydiving – I would say, no, are you nuts? I’d just as soon sit down and have a cup of tea.”

4. “If someone says, hey, you know, this long weekend, let’s go skydiving – I would say, no, are you nuts? I’d just as soon sit down and have a cup of tea.”

— Rick Mercer

Rick Mercer Quote: “It’s no longer good enough for us to tell kids who are different that it’s gonna get better. We have to make it better now.”

5. “It’s no longer good enough for us to tell kids who are different that it’s gonna get better. We have to make it better now.”

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Rick Mercer Quote: “Here’s to democracy. May we get the government we deserve.”

6. “Here’s to democracy. May we get the government we deserve.”

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Rick Mercer Quote: “When we stand up and we sing O Canada, we pledge to stand on guard for thee. If that doesn’t include our water, we might as well sit down and give up.”

7. “When we stand up and we sing O Canada, we pledge to stand on guard for thee. If that doesn’t include our water, we might as well sit down and give up.”

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Rick Mercer Quote: “We demand that the government of Canada force Stockwell Day to change his first name to Doris. Why do this, you may ask? Because it’ll be fun.”

8. “We demand that the government of Canada force Stockwell Day to change his first name to Doris. Why do this, you may ask? Because it’ll be fun.”

— Rick Mercer

Rick Mercer Quote: “I always knew I was gay. I always knew that somehow it would work out.”

9. “I always knew I was gay. I always knew that somehow it would work out.”

— Rick Mercer

Rick Mercer Quote: “It’s a brave new world. I’m 42 years old. I certainly wasn’t out in high school.”

10. “It’s a brave new world. I’m 42 years old. I certainly wasn’t out in high school.”

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Rick Mercer Quote: “I get to do the most amazing things. We call it Host in Peril quite often, because people love to see me risk my life or be in danger.”

11. “I get to do the most amazing things. We call it Host in Peril quite often, because people love to see me risk my life or be in danger.”

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Rick Mercer Quote: “Things are pretty good in Canada. We weathered the recession fairly well. And, of course, were up here up living here, we’re watching American news and we’re constantly saying, wow, it’s not as bad as it is in the United States.”

12. “Things are pretty good in Canada. We weathered the recession fairly well. And, of course, were up here up living here, we’re watching American news and we’re constantly saying, wow, it’s not as bad as it is in the United States.”

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Rick Mercer Quote: “And in Canada we, you know, it costs us three or $400 million to have an election. You know, it’s always been my position that we shouldn’t complain about that; that’s the price of admission for a living in a great democracy.”

13. “And in Canada we, you know, it costs us three or $400 million to have an election. You know, it’s always been my position that we shouldn’t complain about that; that’s the price of admission for a living in a great democracy.”

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Rick Mercer Quote: “I’m very lucky, because my beat is current events. And events are changing all the time.”

14. “I’m very lucky, because my beat is current events. And events are changing all the time.”

— Rick Mercer

Rick Mercer Quote: “I am very excited to accept the role of Honorary Patron with Hope Air because of the national scope of the organization and the very real impact they have on Canadians who need to travel to healthcare.”

15. “I am very excited to accept the role of Honorary Patron with Hope Air because of the national scope of the organization and the very real impact they have on Canadians who need to travel to healthcare.”

— Rick Mercer

Rick Mercer Quote: “In Canada you grow up – we’re next to the United States. We’re watching whatever you’re watching. We’re following your news. It’s obvious that we are inundated with American cultural information and political information. Whereas the opposite is not true.”

16. “In Canada you grow up – we’re next to the United States. We’re watching whatever you’re watching. We’re following your news. It’s obvious that we are inundated with American cultural information and political information. Whereas the opposite is not true.”

— Rick Mercer

Rick Mercer Quote: “I don’t believe in outing people. It’s up to the individual, but there’s nothing wrong putting the pressure on.”

17. “I don’t believe in outing people. It’s up to the individual, but there’s nothing wrong putting the pressure on.”

— Rick Mercer

Rick Mercer Quote: “Being attached to America these days is like being in a pen with a wounded bull.”

18. “Being attached to America these days is like being in a pen with a wounded bull.”

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Rick Mercer Quote: “The reality is that when three or four networks are at the table with three or four political parties, someone is going to be the victim.”

19. “The reality is that when three or four networks are at the table with three or four political parties, someone is going to be the victim.”

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Rick Mercer Quote: “I’m fortunate that I’m employed. And if you’re in show business, of course, every night you go to bed and go, oh my god, tomorrow I’ll never, ever work again.”

20. “I’m fortunate that I’m employed. And if you’re in show business, of course, every night you go to bed and go, oh my god, tomorrow I’ll never, ever work again.”

— Rick Mercer

Rick Mercer Quote: “And in English Canada, no one really knows where the support is coming from, but Conservatives would assume that it’s bleeding from the Liberals. So we have a divided left in Canada.”

21. “And in English Canada, no one really knows where the support is coming from, but Conservatives would assume that it’s bleeding from the Liberals. So we have a divided left in Canada.”

— Rick Mercer

Rick Mercer Quote: “In the United States I have always believed that there was a big difference between Conservative and stupid. Boy is it getting harder to prove that one by the minute.”

22. “In the United States I have always believed that there was a big difference between Conservative and stupid. Boy is it getting harder to prove that one by the minute.”

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Rick Mercer Quote: “The United States were a 35-year-old man, I think he’d be in a mental institution. Violent tendencies – delusions of grandeur – medicate heavily.”

23. “The United States were a 35-year-old man, I think he’d be in a mental institution. Violent tendencies – delusions of grandeur – medicate heavily.”

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Rick Mercer Quote: “You know, we have main English language parties, federalist parties, and traditionally the ones to watch would be the Conservatives, who form the government, and then the Liberals.”

24. “You know, we have main English language parties, federalist parties, and traditionally the ones to watch would be the Conservatives, who form the government, and then the Liberals.”

— Rick Mercer

Rick Mercer Quote: “Stephen Harper, who’s the prime minister of Canada, he is saying that this – we have to give him a majority government, otherwise there will be a Separatist coalition. And he says it every minute.”

25. “Stephen Harper, who’s the prime minister of Canada, he is saying that this – we have to give him a majority government, otherwise there will be a Separatist coalition. And he says it every minute.”

— Rick Mercer

Rick Mercer Quote: “Unfortunately, come opening night it was clear that the production had more kinks than a Tory caucus.”

26. “Unfortunately, come opening night it was clear that the production had more kinks than a Tory caucus.”

— Rick Mercer

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