Here are some of my favorite quotes concerning satire:
"Satire is
always virtue's friend." Charles
Churchill
"In
satire, irony is militant." Northrop Frye
Difficile
est satiram non scribere. "It is difficult not to write
satire." Juvenal
"It is a
pretty mocking of the life." William Shakespeare
"I'll publish, right or
wrong: / Fools are my theme, let satire be my song." Lord
Byron
"This is part of the responsibility we accord our
licensed jesters, that nothing be excused the searching light of comedy.
If anything can survive the probe of humour it is clearly of value, and
conversely all groups who claim immunity from laughter are claiming
special privileges which should not be granted." Eric Idle