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February 2, 2021
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“The truth shall set you free, but first it will shatter your illusions”

"And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free" is from the King James Bible, John 8:32. "The truth shall/will set you free, but first it will shatter your…

August 31, 2010
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“The truth will set you free, but first it will make you miserable”

"And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free" is from the King James Bible, John 8:32. "The truth will set you free, but first it will make you miserable" is…

February 2, 2021
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“The truth will set you free, but first it will shatter your illusions”

"And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free" is from the King James Bible, John 8:32. "The truth shall/will set you free, but first it will shatter your…

January 1, 2024
Government/Law/Military/Religion /HealthTime/Weather

“The TV told me that if I eat bugs and enslave myself on behalf of the ruling 1% that the weather will get gooder….”

"The tv told me that if I eat bugs and pay more money to the government the weather will be gooder" is a popular meme. The meme shows the Ralph Wiggum character from the animated…

January 1, 2024
Food/DrinkGovernment/Law/Military/Religion /HealthTime/Weather

“The tv told me that if I eat bugs and pay more money to the government the weather will be gooder”

"The tv told me that if I eat bugs and pay more money to the government the weather will be gooder" is a popular meme. The meme shows the Ralph Wiggum character from the animated…

January 1, 2024
Government/Law/Military/Religion /HealthTime/Weather

“The TV told me that if I pay money to the government and accept totalitarian surveillance state the weather will be gooder”

"The tv told me that if I eat bugs and pay more money to the government the weather will be gooder" is a popular meme. The meme shows the Ralph Wiggum character from the animated…

January 1, 2024
Government/Law/Military/Religion /HealthTime/Weather

“The TV told me that if I pay money to the government the weather will be gooder”

"The tv told me that if I eat bugs and pay more money to the government the weather will be gooder" is a popular meme. The meme shows the Ralph Wiggum character from the animated…

January 30, 2010
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“The two enemies of the people are criminals and government…”

Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) did write, in the Kentucky Resolutions of 1798, the following: "...in questions of power then, then, let no more be heard of confidence in man, but bind him down…

January 1, 2021
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“The tyrants don’t create the tyranny. Your obedience does”

"The tyrants don't create the tyranny. Your obedience does" is a saying that has been printed on many images. The meme was posted on Facebook by Dawn of Peace on December 6, 2020.…

July 5, 2018
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“The U.S. government is an insurance company with a sideline business in defense”

Is the U.S. government an insurance company? It pays out Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security -- and it has an army. Under Secretary of the U.S. Treasury Peter R. Fisher said at the Columbus Council…

March 28, 2024
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“The U.S. should add three more states. Because 53 is a prime number. Then they can truly be one nation, indivisible”

The U.S. Pledge of Allegiance states: "I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty…

May 11, 2017
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“The UN is really just a country club”

Yhe United Nations (UN) has over 190 member states. "The UN is a country club" was posted on the newsgroup rec.aviation.military on January 22, 2003. "The UN is a Country Club"…

October 1, 2011
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“The United States is a nation of laws: badly written and randomly enforced”

English philosopher James Harrington (1611-1677), wrote in The Commonwealth of Oceana (1656), "a commonwealth is an empire of laws and not of men." John Adams (1735-1826), wrote "a…

June 21, 2022
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“The United States is the greatest country in the nation”

Entry in progress -- BP Newspapers.com7 November 1968, San Francisco (CA) Examiner, "Longest Night in 20 Years" by Dwight Newton, pg. 35, col. 1:Even unto dawn, Spiro Agnew was being…

June 21, 2013
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“The United States of America does not have friends; it has interests”

Entry in progress -- B.P. Wikipedia: John Foster DullesJohn Foster Dulles (February 25, 1888 – May 24, 1959) served as U.S. Secretary of State under Republican President Dwight D. Eisenhower from…

December 20, 2021
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“The unvaccinated are not a threat to society. They are a threat to authority”

Many government officials during the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic portrayed the unvaccinated as a threat to society. "The unvaccinated are not a threat to society, they are a threat to…

July 5, 2023
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“The USA became the land of the free because regular citizens had military-grade weapons”

"You're celebrating today because regular citizens had military grade weapons" is an Independence Day (July 4th) pro-guns saying that has been printed on many images.…

May 31, 2020
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“The USA is having so many disasters you’d think it was built on ancient Indian burial grounds”

A popular trope in movies and television is that something (such as a house or a town) is cursed because it was built on an ancient Indian burial ground. This became a viral joke about America.…

July 6, 2020
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“The USA: A country so great that even her haters refuse to leave”

"America: The country so great that even its haters refuse to leave" is a saying that has been printed on many images. Many Democrats said they would leave the United States if Donald…

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

“The vaccine should be tested on politicians first. If they survive, the vaccine is safe…”

The 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic led to a race for a COVID-19 vaccine. "They should first test the COVID vaccine on government officials. If they are safe, the vaccine is good. But if they…

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