A lunchpail job

I've learned one thing over these last 9 years — and I was glib at best and probably dismissive at worst about this: The work of making this world resemble one that you would prefer to live in is a lunchpail f**king job, day in and day out, where thousands of committed, anonymous, smart, and dedicated people bang on closde doors and pick up those that are fallen and grind away on issues until they get a positive result.

And even then they have to stay on to make sure that result holds.

So the good news is I'm not saying you don't have to worry about who wins the election. I'm saying you have to worry about every day before it and every day after. Forever.

…Although, I am told that at some point the sun will run out of hydrogen.

Jon Stewart, What Jon learned while he was away, The Daily Show. 15 February, 2024. "9 years ago" refers to 2015, the year Steward left his job as host of The Daily Show.