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June 11, 2016
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“There is no education in the second kick of a mule”

"There's no education in the second kick of a mule" is a proverb meaning that one should have learned the lesson the first time. L. Mendel Rivers (1905-1970), a Democratic U.S.…

January 3, 2013
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“There is no First Amendment without the Second Amendment”

"There is no First Amendment without the Second Amendment" is a popular saying among Americans against gun control legislation. The American Revolution was fought with guns; the Second…

February 7, 2021
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“There is no greater disease than fear; and there is no greater threat than those who weaponize it”

"There is no greater disease than fear; and there is no greater threat than those who weaponize it against us" was posted on Facebook by Gavin Nascimento on August 29, 2020. "Artist…

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

“There is no law so trivial that the government won’t kill you to enforce it”

"There is no law so trivial that the cops/government/police/state won't kill you to enforce it" is a saying that has been printed on many images. "WHENEVER YOU SAY "THERE…

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

“There is no law so trivial that the police won’t kill you to enforce it”

"There is no law so trivial that the cops/government/police/state won't kill you to enforce it" is a saying that has been printed on many images. "WHENEVER YOU SAY "THERE…

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

“There is no law so trivial that the state won’t kill you to enforce it”

"There is no law so trivial that the cops/government/police/state won't kill you to enforce it" is a saying that has been printed on many images. "WHENEVER YOU SAY "THERE…

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

“There is no left or right. There is only tyranny and freedom”

"There is no left or right. There is only tyranny and/or freedom" is a saying that has been printed on many images. "Good bumper sticker: There Is No Left Or Right There Is Only…

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

“There is no left or right. There is only tyranny or freedom”

"There is no left or right. There is only tyranny and/or freedom" is a saying that has been printed on many images. "Good bumper sticker: There Is No Left Or Right There Is Only…

March 15, 2023
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“There is no plan to fix anything because the plan was to destroy everything”

"There is no plan to fix anything because the plan was to destroy everything" is a saying that has been printed on many images. Contrary to the political slogan of "Build Back…

March 22, 2019
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“There is no Planet B”

"There is no Planet B" is a climate slogan that has been printed on many images. In business, if "Plan A" doesn't work out, there usually is a contingency plan --…

November 6, 2021
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“There is no possibility of informed consent while adverse reactions are being censored”

"There is no possibility of informed consent while adverse reactions are being censored" is a saying that has been printed on an image. Many people believed that adverse reactions to…

August 4, 2010
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“There is no such thing as a cheap politician” (Ferdinand Lundberg’s Law)

"There is no such thing as a cheap politician" is sometimes called "Ferdinand Lundberg's Law," after New York University professor and author Ferdinand Lundberg…

April 13, 2012
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“There is no such thing as a good tax”

'There is no such thing as a good tax" is a popular anti-tax saying; Oklahoma Senator Thomas Gore (1870-1949) said in 1935 that "all taxes are, at best, necessary evils and…

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

“There is no talent so ardently supported, nor generously rewarded, as the ability to convince parasites they are victims”

"Few skills are so well rewarded as the ability to convince parasites that they are victims" and "There is no talent so ardently supported, nor generously rewarded, as the ability to…

March 2, 2022
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“There is nothing more grotesque than a media pushing for war”

"There is nothing more grotesque than a media pushing for war" was posted on Twitter by American former computer intelligence consultant and whistleblower Edward Snowden on February 11,…

April 19, 2023
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“There is only one bad word: taxes”

The American political satire mockumentary sitcom television series Parks and Recreation, on the episode "Go Big or Go Home" that originally aired on January 20, 2011, the character Ron…

March 28, 2018
Government/Law/Military/Religion /HealthPets (Dogs, Cats, Horses)

“There once was a dog named Tax. I opened the door and income Tax”

"Income tax" sounds like "in come Tax." A joke was printed in a 1917 newspaper: "A prosperous farmer of this county, who was looking after business in town yesterday,…

January 4, 2011
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“There oughta be a law!”

"There Oughta Be a Law!" was a newspaper cartoon by Al Fagaly and Harry Shorten that ran from 1946 until artist Fagaly's death in 1963. "There oughta be a law!" became a…

August 2, 2015
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“There were two types of Jews in 1933—optimists and pessimists”

There is a grim Jewish "joke" that says that when Adolf Hitler rose to power in Germany in 1933, there were two kinds of Jews -- optimists and pessimists. The pessimists went into exile…

December 28, 2021
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“There would be no game of chess if the pawns refused to play”

"There would be no game of chess if the pawns refused to play" is a saying that has been printed on many images. The saying is political, and means that the elites can't play…

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