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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.…

January 27, 2021
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“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…

July 16, 2022
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“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…

October 28, 2017
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“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…

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

“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…

June 5, 2025
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“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…

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

“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…

July 6, 2024
Food/DrinkGovernment/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“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…

July 12, 2012
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“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…

September 3, 2022
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“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…

December 7, 2022
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“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…

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

“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…

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