John oliver

"It seems that the Trump era will basically CTL-Z everything that happened on Obama's watch," Oliver says in reference to the president's stance on net neutrality.

"I know all of this seems like an evisceration of both Jared and Ivanka, but it is really not," says Oliver. "I don't know enough about them to eviscerate them."

"You in France love nothing more than acting like you are better than Britain and America," Oliver told French voters. "Now is your chance to prove that."

"In a democracy, the question of who gets to draw the map should not have as much significance as it currently does," says Oliver.

"Our federal laws desperately need to be brought up to date," says Oliver.

"If anything resembling this budget passes," says Oliver, "many of Trump's own voters will wind up getting burned."

"This bill seems almost universally hated in Washington," says Oliver. "It is truly the Ted Cruz of health care legislation."

"I practice taking others' suspicions and distrust and giving them patience, tolerance and compassion," the Dalai Lama told John Oliver.

The "show" could look like CNN or Fox, with "guests" who are policy experts.

"Trump sees something that jibes with his worldview, doesn't check it, half-remembers it and then passes it on, at which point it takes on a life of its own and appears to validate itself," says Oliver.

"I am slightly concerned," Oliver said. "I have an American wife and an American son now, but who knows what's enough?

"It's going to be too easy for things to start feeling normal, especially if you are someone who is not directly impacted by his actions," says Oliver. "So keep reminding yourself: This is not normal."

"Good, hardworking people are going to keep getting caught up in these companies" unless awareness is raised, says Oliver.

"While this always gets framed as an issue about parents and their children, it's actually about everybody," Oliver says. "Because kids grow up."

"There is no one, simple answer here," says Oliver. "Not all opioid addicts will respond to the same treatments, and not all people in pain will find relief in alternative therapies."

"The lack of coverage they complain about so much might have genuinely benefited them," Oliver says of the leading third-party candidates. "Their key proposals begin to crumble under the slightest scrutiny."

"There might well be detainees who we scooped up as young men who we think are guilty," says Oliver. "But they will never get a trial, and they will be there until they die."

"A lack of trust in police accountability leads to a lack of trust in police," says Oliver.

Trump is rarely likened to previous presidents, but is often accused of being a long-dead performance artist.

"It is dangerous to think there is an equal number on both sides."

Charter schools are some of the most mismanaged taxpayer-funded agencies in the country.

Auto lenders routinely trick lower-income Americans into paying far more for a car than it is actually worth, the "Last Week Tonight" host says.

The decline of journalism could mean the rise of political corruption, he says.

The "Last Week Tonight" host didn't hold back in his criticism of Donald Trump's response to the Muslim-American whose son was killed in Iraq.

The "Last Week Tonight" host took a few weeks off but returned just in time to skewer the RNC.

The Olympics are nearly upon us, and the water may not be the only thing that's dirty in Rio.

The "Last Week Tonight" host is not happy that his home country might vote to leave the European Union.

From Anderson Cooper to Stephen Colbert and Samantha Bee.

It doesn't have to be so complicated.

To prove a point, the "Last Week Tonight" host bought up almost $15 million in debt.