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October 20, 2024
Education/SchoolsGovernment/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“Overmedicated and undereducated is exactly how they want us”

"Over-medicated and under-educated is exactly how they want us" is a saying that has been printed on many images. "#OverMedicated and #UnderEducated is how #they want us"…

March 27, 2010
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“Overnight is a long time in politics; a week is forever”

"Overnight is a long time (in politics) and a week is forever" has been said by television news journalist Dan Rather many times since at least 1983. Some of Rather's statements…

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

“Owning a gun isn’t small dick energy. SDE is relying on the government to keep you safe”

"Small dick energy" means "lack of confidence," and some people believe that is why people own guns. "Small dick energy is the main reason we still have guns in the United…

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

“Palestine will be free from the river to the sea”

"From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free" is a political slogan that has been printed on many images. The river is the Jordan River, and the sea is the Mediterranean Sea. For…

March 16, 2020
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“Pandemic jokes are only funny if everyone gets it”

The 2019–20 coronavirus outbreak was declared to be a pandemic, and this resulted in several jokes. "Pandemic jokes are only funny if everyone gets it" was posted on Twitter by Josh on…

March 16, 2020
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“Pandemic jokes are the funniest because everyone gets it”

The 2019–20 coronavirus outbreak was declared to be a pandemic, and this resulted in several jokes. "Pandemic jokes are only funny if everyone gets it" was posted on Twitter by Josh on…

February 23, 2012
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“Papers, please!” (regulations requiring identification)

Entry in progress -- B.P. OCLC WorldCat record"Your papers please": credentialing and the doctor/hospital relationship.Author: AB Cohen Edition/Format: Article : English Publication:…

March 15, 2020
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“Paranoia has reached absurd stages. I sneezed on my laptop and the anti-virus started a scan”

The 2019–20 coronavirus outbreak created much fear -- and a few jokes. "Purée la paranoïa du coronavirus s’étend je vient de toussé devant mon pc il a lancé un scan antivirus…"…

October 21, 2009
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“Party of ‘no’” (opposition party)

An opposition party -- unable to pass any legislation -- is often called a "party of 'no.'" The party often votes in a block to oppose a bill; the bill still passes and becomes…

May 24, 2023
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“Passports: When the government takes your right to travel and then sells it back to you”

"Passports: When the government takes your right to travel and then sells it back to you" (shown on an image by The Free Thought Project) was posted on Twitter by TrutherbotAnyone on June…

May 28, 2021
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“Patriot is my preferred pronoun”

"My pronoun is 'Patriot'" was posted on Twitter by Congresswoman Lauren Boebert (R-CO) on May 25, 2021. Many people liked the tweet, and many people ridiculed the tweet --…

April 30, 2024
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“Patriotism is not obedience to government. Patriotism is obedience to the principles…”

"Patriotism is not obedience to (the) government. Patriotism is obedience to the principles for which government is supposed to stand" is a saying that has been printed on many images.…

April 30, 2024
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“Patriotism is not obedience to the government. Patriotism is obedience to the principles…”

"Patriotism is not obedience to (the) government. Patriotism is obedience to the principles for which government is supposed to stand" is a saying that has been printed on many images.…

April 10, 2013
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it”

Mark Twain (the pen name of Samuel Langhorne Clemens, 1835-1910) wrote in the March 1905 The North American Review, in "The Czar's Soliloquy": "There are twenty-five million…

February 9, 2024
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“Paying more taxes to the government will not change the weather”

"Paying more taxes to the government will not change the weather" is a saying that has been printed on an image. A carbon tax is one way to pay more taxes to the government to --…

May 4, 2022
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“Paying taxes in America is like having an indefinite car payment on a car that won’t run”

"Paying taxes in America is like having an indefinite car payment on a car that won't run" is a saying that has been printed on several images. "Paying taxes in America is like…

March 12, 2024
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“Paying taxes to a corrupt government is not patriotic. It is slavery”

"Paying taxes to a corrupt government is not patriotic. It is slavery" is a saying that has been printed on many images. "Paying taxes to a corrupt government is not patriotic. It is…

March 12, 2024
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“Paying taxes to a corrupt government isn’t patriotism. It’s slavery”

"Paying taxes to a corrupt government is not patriotic. It is slavery" is a saying that has been printed on many images. "Paying taxes to a corrupt government is not patriotic. It is…

December 9, 2012
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“Peace and justice are two sides of the same coin”

President Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower addressed the nation on February 20, 1957, regarding the Suez Crisis. "We do, however, believe that upon the suppression of the present act of…

January 7, 2013
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“Peace begins when the hungry are fed, and the future begins when the hungry are educated”

"Peace begins when the hungry are fed" is a popular saying that has been printed on many gift items, such as posters, shirts and bumper stickers. American journalist and social activist…

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