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October 10, 2021
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“America at this point in history is like the collapse of the Roman Empire but with WiFi”

"It's really cool to be alive in America at this point in history because it's like the collapse of the Roman Empire but with wi-fi" is a saying that has been printed on many…

October 29, 2024
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“America is a corpse being consumed by maggots. Liberals are rooting for the maggots. Conservatives are rooting for the corpse”

"America is a corpse being consumed by maggots. Liberals are rooting for the maggots. Conservatives are rooting for the corpse" is a saying that has been printed on many images.…

October 29, 2024
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“America is a corpse being devoured by maggots. Democrats are rooting for the maggots. Republicans are rooting for the corpse”

"America is a corpse being consumed by maggots. Liberals are rooting for the maggots. Conservatives are rooting for the corpse" is a saying that has been printed on many images.…

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

“America is a corpse being devoured by maggots. The Democrats root for the maggots. The Republicans root for the corpse”

"America is a corpse being consumed by maggots. Liberals are rooting for the maggots. Conservatives are rooting for the corpse" is a saying that has been printed on many images.…

February 14, 2016
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“America is a healthy body; its resistance is its patriotism, morality and spiritual life”

Russian leader Joseph Stalin (1878-1953) is frequently credited with saying: "America is like a healthy body, and its resistance is threefold: its patriotism, its morality, and its spiritual…

February 14, 2024
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“America is being conditioned to view freedom as selfishness”

"America is being conditioned to view freedom as selfishness" is a saying that has been printed on many images. This saying became popular during the 2020 COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic,…

May 24, 2009
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“America is great because she is good”

"America is great because she is good" is a quotation that has been attributed by several American presidents to Alexis de Tocqueville (1805-1859) and his book, Democracy in America.There…

June 21, 2022
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“America is the best country in the nation”

Entry in progress -- BP Newspapers.com7 November 1968, San Francisco (CA) Examiner, "Longest Night in 20 Years" by Dwight Newton, pg. 35, col. 1:Even unto dawn, Spiro Agnew was being…

January 27, 2011
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“America is the first nation in history founded on an idea”

Many political speeches, such as the 2011 State of the Union Address given by President Barack Obama, have claimed that the United States is "the first nation to be founded for the sake of an…

June 21, 2022
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“America is the greatest country in the nation”

Entry in progress -- BP Newspapers.com7 November 1968, San Francisco (CA) Examiner, "Longest Night in 20 Years" by Dwight Newton, pg. 35, col. 1:Even unto dawn, Spiro Agnew was being…

June 24, 2021
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“America is the only country in the world where even people who hate it refuse to leave”

"America is the only country in the world where even people who hate it refuse to leave" was posted on Twitter by American conservative activist and radio talk show host Charlie Kirk on…

June 24, 2021
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“America is the only country in the world where even those who hate it refuse to leave”

"America is the only country in the world where even people who hate it refuse to leave" was posted on Twitter by American conservative activist and radio talk show host Charlie Kirk on…

December 29, 2015
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“America is where a young man can start at the bottom and work his way into a hole”

"America is where a young man can start at the bottom and work his way into a hole" is a jocular one-line saying that has been cited in print since at least 1963. It originated in the…

March 24, 2020
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“America isn’t the stupidest country in the world. Personally, I think Europe is the stupidest”

Europe isn't a country, but there are jokes."I'm American and Im sick of people calling America the stupidest country in the world. I think Europe is the stupidest country in the…

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

“America just needs a mom to be like, ‘A new war? You got new war money? You never even finished the last two. We have plenty of war at home’”

A joke about America, war and moms was posted on X/Twitter by Alex Giampapa on January 6, 2020, and this received over 14,000 likes: "America just needs a mom to be like, 'A new war? You…

May 31, 2020
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“America sure is having some bad luck. It’s like it was built on an ancient Indian burial ground”

A popular trope in movies and television is that something (such as a house or a town) is cursed because it was built on an ancient Indian burial ground. This became a viral joke about America.…

December 20, 2012
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“America will never be destroyed from the outside”

"America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves" is a quotation frequently attributed to Abraham Lincoln…

August 27, 2015
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“America will never forgive blacks for slavery”

Entry in progress -- B.P. "The Germans will never forgive the Jews for Auschwitz" is an older, similar saying. Twittervibrantlife‏@vibrantlife"White America will never forgive…

July 5, 2015
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“America without her soldiers would be like God without His angels”

"America without her soldiers would be like God without His angels" is a popular military saying that was cited on Twitter on August 6, 2011, where it was credited to author Claudia…

February 6, 2022
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“America: A nation of sheep, owned by pigs, ruled by wolves”

"Nation of sheep, ruled by wolves, owned by pigs" is a saying that has been printed on many images. "To survive in a nation of sheep, ruled by wolves, owned by pigs, you must become…

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