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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…

May 28, 2022
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“Greek by blood. American by birth. Patriot by choice”

"American by birth. Patriot by choice" is a saying that has been printed on many images. "American by birth, patriot by choice!" was printed in the Albany (OR) Democrat-Herald…

May 13, 2019
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“Green is the new red” (“green” climatism is the new “red” communism)

"Green is the new red" (that is, "green" climatism is the new "red" communism) is a saying that has been printed on many images. The form of the saying borrows on the…

October 17, 2020
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“Grow gardens, not government”

"Grow gardens, not government" is a saying that has been printed on several images. Authorship is unknown. The saying has been popular with libertarians. "grow gardens not…

April 25, 2020
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“Grow vegetables, not government”

"Grow vegetables, not government" is a political saying that has been printed on many images. Authorship is uncertain. "Grow vegetables, not government" was written to the…

July 21, 2014
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“Grow your own dope—plant a politician”

"Grow your own dope -- plant a politician" is a jocular saying; Google Images shows that many variations of the saying have been printed on T-shirts and bumper stickers. The earliest…

December 1, 2013
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“Guilty until proven slave”

"Innocent until proven guilty" (the presumption of innocence) is a basis of the criminal system in the United States. Some criminal justice critics, however, have turned the phrase around…

June 22, 2020
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“Gun control—it only ends well for those who control the guns”

"Gun control -- it only ends well for those who control the guns" is a saying shown on a meme with a photo of people lined up against a wall, probably about to be executed. The meme was…

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