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January 3, 2024
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“Government is the violation of free will masquerading as the protection of it”

"Government is the violation of free will masquerading as the protection of it" (shown on an image) was posted on Facebook by Illuminate The Delusions on January 7, 2021. It's not…

April 5, 2024
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“Government may be the only thing that can fail miserably and then get bigger as a result”

A statement about the inefficiency of government was posted on X/Twitter by American businessman, attorney, lobbyist, and politician. Andrew Yang on March 26, 2020: "Government may be the only…

July 23, 2013
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“Government philosophy: If it ain’t broke, fix it ‘til it is”

"Goverment philosophy: If it ain't broke, fix it 'til it is" is a jocular saying that's been printed on many bumper stickers. The usual proverb is, of course, "If it…

June 6, 2018
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“Government: Ideas so good they have to be mandatory”

"Authoritarianism/ Communism/ Government/ Liberalism/ Marxism/ Progressivism/ Socialism/ Statism: Ideas so good, they have to be mandatory" is a political saying that has been printed on…

April 21, 2023
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“Government: If you think the problems we create are bad, just wait until you see our solutions”

"Government: If you think the problems we create are bad, just wait until you see our solutions" is a saying that has been printed on an image. "GOVERNMENT: If you think the problems…

January 4, 2023
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“Government: It doesn’t matter how many resources you have. If you don’t know how to use them…”

"It doesn't matter how many resources you have. If you don't know how to use them, they will never be enough" is a saying that has been printed on many images. The images show a…

February 11, 2022
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“Government: The brilliant idea that we should stop lunatics from lying, murdering, and stealing…”

"Government: The brilliant idea that we should stop lunatics from lying, murdering, and stealing from us by hiring lunatics to lie, murder, and steal from us" is a saying that has been…

July 16, 2021
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“Governments & corporations can’t profit from self-sufficient people”

"Government((s) can't profit from self-sufficient people" (or "Governments & corporations can't profit from self-sufficient people") is a saying that has been…

January 25, 2025
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“Governments are funded by force because they intend to do things that you would otherwise refuse to fund”

"Governments are funded by force because they intend to do things that you would otherwise refuse to fund" (shown on an image) was posted on Facebook by Government is Bad on June 15,…

August 21, 2010
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“Governments are the only vessels that leak from the top”

“Governments are the only vessels that leak from the top" is a popular government saying referring to the leaking of information. A sailing vessel leaks water from the bottom. On November 9,…

July 16, 2021
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“Governments can’t profit from self-sufficient people”

"Government((s) can't profit from self-sufficient people" (or "Governments & corporations can't profit from self-sufficient people") is a saying that has been…

April 29, 2022
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“Governments create wealth the same way ticks create blood”

"Governments create wealth the same way ticks create blood" (or "Government creates wealth the way ticks create blood") is a saying that has been printed on many images. That…

June 26, 2021
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“Gradually, the unthinkable becomes tolerable, then acceptable, then legal, then praised”

American author and radio host Joni Eareckson Tada wrote in the book When Is It Right to Die?: Euthanasia on Trial (1993): "And gradually, though no one remembers exactly how it happened, the…

July 7, 2021
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“Grandpa leapt around in his undies on the 4th. It was his In-Depends-Dance Day”

"Independence Day" is sometimes joked as "In Depends Dance Day." Depend is an adult undergarment. "Denaldo celebrates by putting on adult diapers and cavorting about the…

March 9, 2011
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“Gratitude is for favors yet to be received”

“Gratitude is for favors yet to be received" is "Rule 35" by Henry Stern, the founder of NYCivic. Stern said that the quote is from Robert F. Wagner (1877-1953), the United States…

July 5, 2021
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“Great ideas don’t require force or coercion”

"Good ideas don't require force" is a political saying that has been printed on many images. The saying became popular in 2012. "Good ideas don't require force. Bad ideas…

July 5, 2021
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“Great ideas don’t require force or subsidies”

"Good ideas don't require force" is a political saying that has been printed on many images. The saying became popular in 2012. "Good ideas don't require force. Bad ideas…

November 26, 2010
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people”

"Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people" is a popular saying, first cited in this form in 1931. The saying has been attributed to Eleanor…

October 9, 2022
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“Great minds think alike. Unfortunately, so do stupid minds”

"Great minds think alike" is an old proverb. "Great minds think alike. Unfortunately, so do stupid ones" is a saying that has been printed on many images. "Ah, well great…

October 9, 2022
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“Great minds think alike. Unfortunately, so do stupid ones”

"Great minds think alike" is an old proverb. "Great minds think alike. Unfortunately, so do stupid ones" is a saying that has been printed on many images. "Ah, well great…

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