“The single greatest tool of oppression is ignorance”
"The single greatest tool of oppression is ignorance" (or "Ignorance is the single greatest tool of oppression") is a saying that has been printed on many images. A discussion…
“The six stages of evil: First we overlook evil. Then we permit evil. Then we legalize evil…”
Fr. Dwight Longenecker posted on Twitter on October 31, 2019: "First we overlook evil. Then we permit evil. Then we legalize evil. Then we promote evil. Then we celebrate evil. Then we…
“The soldier who survived mustard gas and pepper spray is now a seasoned veteran”
"The soldier who survived mustard gas and pepper spray is now a seasoned veteran" is a jocular one-line saying that is frequently grouped with similar puns. "The man who survived…
“The spelling and pronunciation of ‘bourgeoisie’ was intended as yet another means of oppression”
"Bourgeoisie" can be a difficult word to spell. This was posted on X/Twitter by "Jason, ex inferis" on July 23, 2024, and received over 86,000 likes: "The spelling of…
“The spelling of ‘bourgeoisie’ is mad bougie in itself”
"Bourgeoisie" can be a difficult word to spell. This was posted on X/Twitter by "Jason, ex inferis" on July 23, 2024, and received over 86,000 likes: "The spelling of…
“The spelling of ‘bourgeoisie’ was intended as yet another means of oppression”
"Bourgeoisie" can be a difficult word to spell. This was posted on X/Twitter by "Jason, ex inferis" on July 23, 2024, and received over 86,000 likes: "The spelling of…
“The standard American diet gives you standard American diseases which puts you on standard American drugs”
"The standard American diet gives you standard American diseases which puts you on standard American drugs" is a saying that has been printed on many images. The saying (shown on an…
“The state does nothing, and can give nothing, which it does not take from somebody”
William Graham Sumner (1840-1910), a Yale professor often called the "father of sociology," wrote in 1887: "The state, it can not too often be repeated, has nothing, and can give…
“The state is a system that requires people of integrity to run it…”
"The state is a system that requires people of integrity to run it... while incentivizing them to have no integrity" (shown on an image) was posted on Facebook by Liberty Minds on October…
“The state is the mafia pretending to be a human rights organization”
"The state is the mafia pretending to be a human rights organization" is a saying that has been shown on many images. "Government is the mafia pretending to be a human rights…
“The State of the Union Address does not take place in any state in the union”
The State of the Union Address is given in Washington, DC. "The State of the Union Address does not take place in any state in the union" was posted on X/Twitter by John Shemenski on…
“The statesman shears the sheep, the politician skins them”
"The statesman shears the sheep, the politician skins them" is from Austin O'Malley's book, Keystones of Thought (1914). O'Malley's thought has been included in many…
“The strongest weapon in the United States is a patriotic American”
"The strongest weapon in the United States is a patriotic American" is a saying that has been printed on many images. Authorship of the saying is unknown. "The strongest weapon in…
“The suck”
'The suck" is a popular U.S. Marine Corps expression for a miserable situation or place. "That's what the suck gives you" was cited in print in 1979, but there is oral…
“The Supreme Court follows the election returns” (“Judges follow the election returns”)
"No matther whether th' constitution follows h' flag or not, th' Supreme Coort follows th' election returns" wrote Finley Peter Dunne (1867-1936) in 1901, through his…
“The Supreme Court is really just a regular court with tomatoes and sour cream”
"The Supreme Court is really just a regular court with tomatoes and sour cream" is a joke that was told on the television show Late Night with Conan O'Brien, probably in 1999. The…
“The Supreme Court isn’t final because it’s supreme, it’s supreme because it’s final”
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Robert H. Jackson (1892-1954) wrote in the concurring opinion in Brown v. Allen (1953): "There is no doubt that if there were a super-Supreme Court, a substantial…
“The system cannot be fixed by the system”
"The system cannot be fixed by the system" is a saying that has been printed on many images. "The system" means the political system, the government. Writing to an elected…
“The system didn’t fail. The system worked. That’s the problem”
"The system didn't fail. The system worked. That's the problem" is a saying that has been printed on several images. "Yes, the system worked. THAT'S THE PROBLEM"…
“The system isn’t broken. It was built that way”
"The system isn't broken. It was made this way" (or "The system was never broken. It was built this way" is a saying that has been printed on many images. “The system”…