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June 19, 2020
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“Living in America means calling the police could kill someone…”

"Living in America means calling the police could kill someone and calling an ambulance could bankrupt someone" was posted on Twitter by Weston David Pagano on June 15, 2020. The saying…

December 16, 2010
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“Locks are for honest people” (proverb)

"Locks are for honest men/people" is an old proverb in security departments. Burglars ("dishonest people") can break locks; the locks give the impression of security to keep…

March 2, 2023
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“Long range shooting—it’s like golf, but for men”

"Long range shooting -- it's like golf, but for men" (or "Long range shooting is like golf, but for men") is a saying that has been printed on many images. "Long range…

March 1, 2023
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“Long range shooting is like golf, but for men”

"Long range shooting -- it's like golf, but for men" (or "Long range shooting is like golf, but for men") is a saying that has been printed on many images. "Long range…

January 6, 2026
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“Look, it can’t be real ‘regime change’ unless it comes from the Regime region of France; everything else is just a sparkling overthrow”

Entry in progress -- BP X/Twitter Steven F. Hayward @stevenfhayward Look, it can't be real "regime change" unless it comes from the Regime region of France; everything else is just a…

September 17, 2010
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“Looking for a job is a full-time job”

"Looking for a job is a full-time job" (or, "Looking for work is a full-time job") is a saying suggesting that a job search can be very diificult. The saying appears to date…

May 16, 2013
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“Loose lips sink ships”

"Loose lips sink ships" is a World War II saying meaning that one shouldn't talk too much ("loose lips"), or the enemy might overhear the conversation and use the…

November 13, 2010
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“Lost causes are the only ones worth fighting for”

The actor Jimmy Stewart played Jefferson Smith in the film Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939), saying these now-famous lines: "I guess this is just another lost cause, Mr. Paine. All you…

April 2, 2023
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“Love everyone but hate the governments they live under”

"Love everyone, but hate the government they live under" was posted on Twitter by Sal the Agorist on April 5, 2020. It was also posted on Twitter in 2021. "Love everyone but hate the…

April 2, 2023
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“Love everyone, but hate the government they live under”

"Love everyone, but hate the government they live under" was posted on Twitter by Sal the Agorist on April 5, 2020. It was also posted on Twitter in 2021. "Love everyone but hate the…

February 28, 2012
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“Love your neighbor, but don’t tear down your fence” (proverb)

"Love thy neighbor" is in the Bible (Leviticus 19:18). "Good fences make good neighbors" is an old proverb popularized by Robert Frost (1974-1963). The proverb "Love your…

July 11, 2024
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“Low status people would love a social credit score because it obedience is one of the few metrics they can compete on”

"Low status people would love a social credit score because it obedience is one of the few metrics they can compete on" was posted on X/Twitter by Ukrainian-American anarchist, author,…

October 17, 2010
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“Low taxes are the result of low spending”

"Low taxes are the result of low spending" was the slogan of Meldrim Thomson Jr. (1912-2001), a Republican governor of New Hampshire from 1973-1979. In 1978, the New York (NY) Times…

July 11, 2024
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“Low value people love social credit because obedience is one of the few things they can be competitive with”

"Low status people would love a social credit score because it obedience is one of the few metrics they can compete on" was posted on X/Twitter by Ukrainian-American anarchist, author,…

March 25, 2023
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“Mafia: Same thing as government, without all the pretense”

"MAFİA :same thing as government,without all the pretense !!!" was posted on Twitter by Hande Öngör Oettermann on April 1, 2013. "Mafia. Same thing as government, without all the…

January 7, 2026
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“Mail is crazy because it’s like 99 pieces of straight up garbage and 1 that if you don’t reply to you’re going to jail”

Mail usually contains a lot of junk, but one thing that is very, very important and might get lost. "Mail is crazy because it's like 99 pieces of straight up garbage and 1 that if you…

December 28, 2008
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“Make a federal case (out of it)”

"Don't make a federal case out of it!" means don't make a "big deal" of the small matter. The phrase was widely used in the early 1950s, when important civil rights…

April 28, 2023
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“Make government officials afraid again”

"Make government officials afraid again" (shown on an image of someone in the era of the American Revolution being tarred and feathered) was posted on Twitter by Trent Steele, Liberty Dad…

October 9, 2018
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“Make Margaret Atwood fiction again”

"Make Margaret Atwood fiction again" is a political saying that has been printed on many images. Canadian novelist Margaret Atwood wrote the novel The Handmaid's Tale (1985), set in…

April 17, 2024
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“Make no mistake, the same people who are demanding you accept and tolerate their way of life passionately hate you…”

"Make no mistake, the same people who are demanding you accept and tolerate their way of life passionately hate you for yours and are relentlessly seeking to destroy it" and "The…

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