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May 31, 2019
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“The patriarchy isn’t going to fight itself”

"The patriarchy isn't going to fight/fuck/smash itself" is a feminist saying that has been printed on many images. "'I need feminism because the patriarchy isn’t going to…

May 31, 2019
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“The patriarchy isn’t going to fuck itself”

"The patriarchy isn't going to fight/fuck/smash itself" is a feminist saying that has been printed on many images. "'I need feminism because the patriarchy isn’t going to…

May 31, 2019
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“The patriarchy isn’t going to smash itself”

"The patriarchy isn't going to fight/fuck/smash itself" is a feminist saying that has been printed on many images. "'I need feminism because the patriarchy isn’t going to…

October 13, 2014
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“The peasants are revolting” (“The people are revolting”)

"The peasants/people are revolting" is a joke, playing of the meanings of "revolting" ("rebelling" and "disgusting"). The Peasants Are Revolting (1971), by…

April 29, 2011
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“The penalty for not participating in politics is to be governed by your inferiors”

The philosopher Plato (428/427 BC – 348/347 BC) wrote this, from the English translation of Republic 347c: "That is perhaps why to seek office oneself and not await compulsion is thought…

May 4, 2023
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“The Pentagon was originally going to just be a square, but the contractor kept cutting corners”

The Pentagon is a five-sided building that is the headquarters building of the United States Department of Defense, in Arlington County, Virginia, across the Potomac River from Washington, D.C. A…

March 6, 2024
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“The people against voter ID wanted you to show vaccine papers”

"The people against voter ID wanted you to show vaccine papers" is a saying that has been printed on an image. "Notice, the same people against voter ID insist on vaccine…

February 8, 2010
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“The people get the government they deserve”

Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821) wrote in 1811: "Toute nation a le gouvernement qu'elle merite." ("Every nation has the government it deserves.") De Maistre was credited with…

July 2, 2016
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“The people have spoken—the bastards!”

Democratic politician and strategist Dick Tuck ran for the California State Senate in 1966, but finished second in a crowded field. When asked by a television newsman for his reaction, Tuck said:…

September 25, 2013
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“The people have spoken…and they must be punished”

New York City Mayor Ed Koch (1924-2013) lost the 1989 Democratic primary to David Dinkins. Many people didn't like Dinkins as mayor; wherever Koch appeared, people would ask if he'd run…

December 27, 2021
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“The people on the ‘right side of history’ are usually fighting for freedom and liberty…”

"The people on the ‘right side of history’ are usually fighting for freedom and liberty, not censorship and reeducation camps" (also shown on an image) was posted on Twitter by Kevin…

January 14, 2021
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“The people that want to own everything are telling us we will be happy with owning nothing”

“You’ll own nothing. And you’ll be happy” is a saying that the World Economic Forum has popularized since 2016, and has been associated with its plans for a Great Reset. "The people…

July 21, 2024
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“The people who currently own this world don’t care which ruler you choose. They care only that you keep choosing to be ruled”

"The people who currently own this world don't care which ruler you choose. They care only that you keep choosing to be ruled" is a saying that has been printed on many images.…

December 29, 2020
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“The people who take politicians seriously are the same people who think the stripper likes them”

"The people who take memes/politicians seriously are the same people who think the stripper likes them" is a saying that has been printed on many images. The stripper does not…

March 17, 2023
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“The people who told you everything was fine because they were in control will shift to saying…”

"Hours ago, we saw the biggest bank failure in the US since 2008. Soon, the people who told you everything was fine because they were in control, will shift to saying that everything is going…

February 23, 2021
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“The people who told you you don’t need guns and walls have surrounded themselves with…”

"Just remember, the people who told you that we don't need guns and walls have surrounded themselves by guns and walls" was posted on Twitter by Seattle Independent on January 18,…

July 10, 2024
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“The people you’re afraid to offend don’t like you anyway, so stop being afraid to stand up”

"The people you’re afraid to offend don’t like you anyway, so stop being afraid to stand up" is a saying that has been printed on several images. The saying was posted on Facebook by…

October 25, 2020
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“The person who said ‘All men are created equal’ has never watched a porno movie”

The quotation "all men are created equal" is part of the U.S. Declaration of Independence, written by Thomas Jefferson in 1776. "All men" means "all people" (both men…

March 18, 2013
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“The personal is political”

"The Personal Is Political" is the title of Carol Hanisch's February 1969 paper that was printed in Notes from the Second Year: Women's Liberation; Major Writings of the Radical…

October 7, 2015
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“The philosophy of the classroom in one generation will be the philosophy of government in the next”

"The philosophy of the classroom in one generation will be the philosophy of government in the next" is often said to be a quotation from Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865). However, no such…

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