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February 3, 2025
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“The reason Israel doesn’t want to become America’s 51st state is because then they would only get two senators”

"The reason Israel doesn’t want to become America’s 51st state is because then they would only get two senators" is a jocular political saying that has been pinted on many images. The…

April 8, 2016
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“The reason Uncle Sam has to wear such a tall hat is that he’s always passing it around”

A jocular line about Uncle Sam appeared in Earl Wilson's syndicated entertainment column in January 1962: "'We wondered,' said Arnold Glasow, 'why Uncle Sam wore such a…

June 29, 2014
Government/Law/Military/Religion /HealthPets (Dogs, Cats, Horses)

“The relationship of a journalist to a politician should be that of a dog to a lamppost”

"The relationship of a journalist to a politician should be that of a dog to a lamppost" is a witty statement that is frequently credited to American journalist and critic H. L. Mencken…

March 11, 2011
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“The rent is too damn high!” (political party slogan and name)

Jimmy McMillan formed his "Rent Is Too Damn High" party in 1993, but he failed to get on the ballot that year to run for New York City mayor. McMillan did get on the ballot in 2005 and…

January 26, 2022
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“The resistance is not something you join. It’s what you are”

"The resistance is not something you join. It's what/who you are" (or "The resistance is not something you join. It's what you do") is a saying that has been printed…

January 26, 2022
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“The resistance is not something you join. It’s what you do”

"The resistance is not something you join. It's what/who you are" (or "The resistance is not something you join. It's what you do") is a saying that has been printed…

January 26, 2022
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“The resistance is not something you join. It’s who you are”

"The resistance is not something you join. It's what/who you are" (or "The resistance is not something you join. It's what you do") is a saying that has been printed…

September 22, 2022
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“The revolution will be memed”

"The revolution will not be televised" (1970) is a poem and song by Gil Scott-Heron (1949-2011). "The revolution will be memed" is a popular meme. "the revolution will be…

April 7, 2016
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“The reward for saving your money is being able to pay your taxes without borrowing”

"The reward for saving your money is being able to pay your taxes without borrowing" is a jocular line that's popular at tax time. "The master farmer is the farmer who can pay…

January 11, 2025
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“The rich are the only dangerous minority”

"The only dangerous minority is the rich" (or "The rich are the only dangerous minority") is an anti-capitalist saying that has been printed on many images. "One side says…

November 12, 2020
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“The right to bear arms means no tattoos”

The Second Amendment "right to bear arms" has nothing to do with "bears" or "bare arms," but there are several tattoo jokes. "Going to the tattoo shop to forfeit…

April 17, 2025
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“The road to fascism is lined with people telling you to stop overreacting”

"The road to fascism is lined with people telling you to stop overreacting" is a saying that has been printed on many images. Fascism wants quiet acceptance. "The road to fascism is…

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

“The road to truth is paved with lost friends and offended strangers…”

"The road to truth is paved with lost friends and offended strangers..." is a saying that has been printed on an image. "The road to enlightenment is paved with lost friends and…

February 17, 2024
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“The road to tyranny is paved with people telling you to stop questioning everything”

"The road to tyranny is paved with people telling you to stop questioning everything" is a saying that has been printed on several images. "The road to tyranny is paved with people…

December 20, 2024
Food/DrinkGovernment/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“The Romaine empire has fallen. Caesar is dead. Lettuce pray”

"The Romaine empire has fallen. Caesar is dead. Lettuce pray" are three puns that have been printed on an image. "Roman Empire" becomes Romaine lettuce. "Julius…

April 17, 2024
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“The same people that are angrily demanding you tolerate and accept their way of life, hate you passionately for yours”

"Make no mistake, the same people who are demanding you accept and tolerate their way of life passionately hate you for yours and are relentlessly seeking to destroy it" and "The…

November 8, 2021
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“The same people who sell the panic, sell the vaccine”

"The same people who sell the panic, sell the vaccine" and "The ones selling the panic are the same ones selling the vaccine" are COVID-19 (coronavirus) sayings that have been…

February 20, 2014
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“The secret of eternal youth is arrested development”

"The secret of eternal youth is arrested development" was said several times by Alice Roosevelt Longworth (1884-1980), the only daughter of Theodore Roosevelt, the 26th President of the…

July 7, 2014
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“The Senate is the enemy” (House of Representatives saying)

A popular story told about the House of Representatives is that a freshman Democrat declared that a Republican across the aisle was his enemy. A House colleague told the freshman Representative…

December 7, 2009
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“The Senate is the saucer into which we pour legislation to cool” (Senatorial saucer)

The "Senatorial saucer" conversation between George Washington and Thomas Jefferson is part of U.S. Senate legend. Jefferson had returned from France and was breakfasting with Washington.…

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