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January 19, 2024
Food/DrinkGovernment/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“Liberty Guns Beer Titties” (LGBT)

"LGBT" usually stands for "Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender." The LGBT backronym (back acronym) of "Liberty Guns Beer Tits/Titties" has been printed on many images.…

August 14, 2015
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“Liberty is a demand. Tyranny is submission”

"Liberty is a demand. Tyranny is submission" has been the sig line of commenter "kchrisc" on the Zero Hedge blog since at least April 2015. "Liberty is a demand. Tyranny is…

December 3, 2012
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“Liberty is being free from the things we don’t like in order to be slaves of the things we do like”

"Liberty is being free from the things we don't like in order to be slaves of the things we do like" has been cited in print since at least 1912, when the quotation was credited in…

October 18, 2021
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“Liberty is the greater good”

Government sometimes seeks to suspend personal freedoms and liberty "for the greater good." The saying "Freedom is the greater good" has been printed on many images.…

September 2, 2022
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“Licensing: When government takes away your right to do something and sells it back to you”

"Licensing: When (the) government takes away your right to do something and (then) sells it back to you" is a saying that has been printed on many images. "Licensing: when government…

October 10, 2016
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“Lie like a rug” (to always lie)

A rug lies on the floor. Someone who "lies like a rug" is someone who always lies (or prevaricates). The saying is frequently applied to politicians who don't tell the truth.…

May 9, 2023
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“Life is beautiful. It’s the system that’s ugly”

"Life is beautiful. It's the system that's ugly" is a saying that has been printed on many images. "Life is beautiful, it’s the system that is ugly" (along with an…

March 24, 2022
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“Life is short. Make sure you spend as much time as possible arguing with strangers about politics”

"Life is short. Make sure you spend as much time as possible on the internet arguing with strangers (about politics)" is a sarcastic saying that has been printed on many images. "We…

March 26, 2024
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“Life is too precious to be sleeping with someone who trusts the government”

"Life is too precious/short to be sleeping with someone who trusts the government" is an anti-government saying that has been printed on several images. "Life is too precious to be…

March 26, 2024
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“Life is too short to be sleeping with someone who trusts the government”

"Life is too precious/short to be sleeping with someone who trusts the government" is an anti-government saying that has been printed on several images. "Life is too precious to be…

January 7, 2020
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“Life, liberty, and the pursuit of those who threaten it”

"Life, liberty, and the pursuit of those who threaten it" is a saying that has been printed on many images. The saying is based on "Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness"…

November 30, 2010
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“Like nailing jelly to the wall” (“Like nailing jello to the wall”)

"Like nailing jelly to the wall" means something difficult-to-impossible. Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919) coined the expression in April 1912: "Somebody asked me why I did not get an…

February 22, 2021
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“Lions don’t lose sleep over the opinions of sheep”

"A lion doesn't concern himself with the opinions of a sheep" is a saying that has been printed on many images. "A lion never loses sleep over the opinions of sheep" is a…

February 22, 2021
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“Lions never lose sleep over the opinions of sheep”

"A lion doesn't concern himself with the opinions of a sheep" is a saying that has been printed on many images. "A lion never loses sleep over the opinions of sheep" is a…

June 10, 2019
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“Lipstick on a corpse” (superficial attempt to make ugliness pretty)

Something that is "like putting lipstick on a pig" is a superficial attempt to cover up someone or something that's ugly. The expression has been popular in American politics since…

June 9, 2019
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“Lipstick on a pig” (superficial attempt to make ugliness pretty)

Something that is "like putting lipstick on a pig" is a superficial attempt to cover up someone or something that's ugly. The expression has been popular in American politics since…

January 19, 2024
Food/DrinkGovernment/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“Liquor Guns Bacon Tits” (LGBT)

"LGBT" usually stands for "Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender." The LGBT backronym (back acronym) of "Liquor Guns Bacon Tits" has been printed on many images.…

September 3, 2022
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“Listen this is a very simple concept: If it’s not voluntary, it’s tyranny”

"If it's not voluntary, it's tyranny" is a political saying that has been printed on many images. Authorship is unknown. "If it's not voluntary, it's tyranny.…

April 18, 2015
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“Live simply so that others may simply live”

"Live simply so that others can/may/might simply live" is a saying that has been printed on many posters. The saying has been attributed to Elizabeth Ann Seton (1774-1821) and Mahatma…

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

“Lives matter! If you need a color in front of those words, you’re a racist”

"Black Lives Matter" is the name of an organization and a slogan for a political justice movement. Some people prefer to say that "all lives matter." "Lives matter! If you…

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