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April 30, 2024
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“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…

May 24, 2024
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“Peace cannot be kept by force. It can only be achieved by understanding”

"Peace cannot be kept by force. It can only be achieved by understanding" is a saying that has been printed on many images. The saying is from German-born theoretical physicist Albert…

January 18, 2025
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“Peace is not when everyone agrees. It is when we can respect our disagreements and still play in the sandbox together”

"Peace is not when everyone agrees. It is when we can respect our disagreements and still play in the sandbox together" is a saying that has been printed on many images. "Peace is…

September 22, 2013
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“Peace is that brief, glorious moment in history when everybody stands around reloading”

Entry in progress -- B.P. Monticello.org (Thomas Jefferson) -- Spurious QuotationsQuotation: "Peace is that brief glorious moment in history when everybody stands around…

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

“Peace through strength”

"Peace through strength" is said, in the Wikipedia entry, to date back to Roman times. However, English language citations of the saying are almost nonexistent until the 1930s. Prime…

August 13, 2019
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“People are getting smarter nowadays, letting lawyers, instead of their conscience, be their guide”

American humorist Will Rogers (1879-1935) spoke about the income tax in his newspaper column on April 8, 1923. "The Income Tax has made more Liars out of the American People than Golf…

April 15, 2021
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“People bad mouth lotteries but everyone pays taxes and odds of winning the lottery…”

Many people feel that playing the lottery is wasting money. Many people also feel that paying taxes is wasting money. "I don't know why people bad mouth lotteries. I pay taxes and odds of…

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

“People call me a conspiracy theorist, but I see myself as a payingattentionist”

"People call me a conspiracy theorist, but I see myself as a payingattentionist" is a saying that has been printed on several images. "people call me a conspiracy theorist, I see…

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

“People can not be trusted to govern themselves, but people can be trusted to govern others”

"Sometimes it is said that man cannot be trusted with the government of himself. Can he then be trusted with the government of others?" was said by Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) at his…

January 22, 2020
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“People cheating on their taxes disgust me. This is not the world I want to raise my 23 dependents”

"People cheating on their taxes disgust me. This is not the world I want to raise my 23 dependents in" is a jocular tax saying that has been printed on many images. The joke is that the…

December 31, 2009
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“People don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care”

"People don't care how much you know until they know how much you care" is a saying that has been credited to many people, such as Cavett Robert and John C. Maxwell. The saying…

June 6, 2025
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“People don’t defend what is right anymore, they defend who they like”

"People don't defend what is right anymore, they defend who they like" is a saying that has been printed on many images. X/Twitter 🍫 @oneofakind0815 People dont defend whats right…

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