Thursday evening, Stephen Colbert delivered the closing speech at the Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner, one of the most high-profile events honoring Catholics and Catholicism in America. Invited by Cardinal Timothy Dolan himself, Colbert is considered by some to be America's most influential Catholic.
Unlike that other time Colbert delivered a high-profile address, he received a mostly warm response from the crowd. However, he received some notable groans when making a joke at the expense of NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly and a least one undercover cop who was arrested for taking part in a motorcycle stunt that injured several.
You can listen to Colbert's entire speech here. We've collected his best quotes from the dinner below.
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