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May 20, 2022
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“One nuclear bomb can spoil your whole day”

"One nuclear bomb can ruin your whole day" and "Nuclear war can spoil your whole day" are anti-nuclear sayings that have been printed on many images. "Tom Carpenter, a…

August 23, 2022
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“One of the best things about being a conspiracy theorist is that you don’t end up with myocarditis”

COVID-19 (coronavirus) vaccines can cause myocarditis, and many "conspiracy theorists" shunned the vaccines even before this was known. This was posted on Twitter by #Sellen on August 17,…

February 10, 2023
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“One of the weirdest mainstream political beliefs is that secretive government agencies…”

Many people know that secretive government agencies (such as the Central Intelligence Agency) have done bad things (such as MKUltra mind control experiments), but it's often assumed that that…

May 19, 2025
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“One reason people insist that you use the proper channels to change things is because they have control of the proper channels…”

Many people want to change the system, but many people also insist on using the system's channels (such as petitioning elected officials) to change the system. In the case of petitioning…

October 5, 2016
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“One son went to sea and one became vice president; neither was ever heard of again”

The office of Vice President of the United States is often a lonely one, without many official responsibilities. A joke became popular on 1896: "I believe he had two sons; one of the them was…

December 11, 2009
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“One useless man is a shame, two is a law firm, and three or more is a congress”

"One useless man is a shame, two is a law firm, and three or more is a congress" is attributed to John Adams (1735-1826), but he never said it. The real authors are the people behind the…

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

“Only a fool can be happy to show off a pass for things he used to do without a pass”

"Only a fool can be happy to show off a pass for things he used to do without a pass" is a saying that has been shown on an image. In the image, a person shows off the digital pass on a…

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

“Only a fool would give up a weapon in order for the government to protect them…”

"Only an idiot disarms themselves, and thinks the criminal will do the same" (shown on an image) was posted on Facebook by Timothee Nickson on August 9, 2019. It is not known who…

January 20, 2013
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“Only a life lived in the service to others is worth living”

"Only a life lived in the service to others is worth living" is usually credited to physicist Albert Einstein (1879-1955), but this form of the saying seems to have been cited in print…

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

“Only an idiot disarms himself and expects criminals to do the same”

"Only an idiot disarms themselves, and thinks the criminal will do the same" (shown on an image) was posted on Facebook by Timothee Nickson on August 9, 2019. It is not known who…

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

“Only an idiot disarms himself, and thinks criminals will do the same”

"Only an idiot disarms themselves, and thinks the criminal will do the same" (shown on an image) was posted on Facebook by Timothee Nickson on August 9, 2019. It is not known who…

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

“Only an idiot disarms themselves, and thinks the criminal will do the same”

"Only an idiot disarms themselves, and thinks the criminal will do the same" (shown on an image) was posted on Facebook by Timothee Nickson on August 9, 2019. It is not known who…

September 14, 2009
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“Only as the power of persuasion replaces the persuasion of power can collective bargaining…”

Walter Reuther (1907-1970), president of the United Auto Workers, wrote in January 1958 about auto contract talks: "In practice this means that collective bargaining decisions must be based…

May 16, 2022
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“Only government can take perfectly good paper, cover it with perfectly good ink…”

"Only government can take perfectly good paper, cover it with perfectly good ink and make the combination worthless" is a money saying that has been printed on many images. The saying is…

January 3, 2023
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“Only government is incompetent enough to be in the business of forcibly extracting money…”

"Only government is incompetent enough to be in the business of forcibly extracting money from people and still come out bankrupt" is a saying that has been printed on several images.…

May 27, 2023
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“Only in America can you get arrested for feeding the homeless & be sentenced to community service”

"Only in America can you get arrested for feeding the homeless and get sentenced to community service" is a jocular saying that is, unfortunately, probably true. "Please explain how…

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

“Only the empire should have guns”

"ONLY THE EMPIRE SHOULD HAVE GUNS" (shown on an image with Star Wars movie Stormtroopers) was posted on Twitter by Barry Dutton on March 25, 2021. It's not known who created the…

April 8, 2024
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“Only the feeblest of men take jobs in the government”

"Only the feeblest of men take jobs in the government" is a quote from the character Dutch van der Linde in the 2018 action-adventure game Red Dead Redemption 2. The anti-government…

January 3, 2023
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“Only the government is incompetent enough to be in the business of stealing money…”

"Only government is incompetent enough to be in the business of forcibly extracting money from people and still come out bankrupt" is a saying that has been printed on several images.…

May 14, 2024
Government/Law/Military/Religion /HealthSports/Games

“Only the weakest of males want to physically compete with women. Only the weakest of intellect celebrate them”

"Only the weakest of males want to physically compete with women. Only the weakest of intellect celebrate them" is a saying that has been printed on many mages. The saying refers to trans…

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