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June 9, 2022
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“We only have two parties now—patriots and traitors”

"There are but two parties now: traitors and patriots" is a saying that has been printed on many images. "There can be but two parties -- patriots and traitors" (datelined from…

July 25, 2022
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“We pay the doctor to make us better when we should really be paying the farmer to keep us healthy”

"We pay the doctor to make us better when we should really be paying the farmer to keep us healthy" (also "We pay the doctor to make us better. But we should pay the farmer to keep…

September 17, 2022
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“We reject the belief that we must be defenseless in order for you to feel safe”

"I REJECT THE BELIEF THAT I MUST BE DEFENSELESS IN ORDER FOR YOU TO FEEL SAFE (shown on an image) was posted on Facebook by Make Michigan Great Again on September 13, 2022. The post received…

April 22, 2020
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“We should all be allowed to commit a crime since we’ve technically already served the time”

The 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic resulted in quarantines. Maybe people felt as if they were under house arrest. "When isolation is over, we should all be allowed to commit one (1) crime…

May 15, 2024
Government/Law/Military/Religion /HealthStreets

“We should legalize cannabis in all 50 states, use the taxes to repair roads & highways & call it Operation Pot Hole”

"We should legalize cannabis in all 50 states, use the taxes to repair roads & highways & call it Operation Pot Hole" is a jocular saying that has been printed on many images.…

May 15, 2024
Government/Law/Military/Religion /HealthStreets

“We should legalize marijuana in every state and use the revenue to fix all the highways and roads. We’ll call it Operation Pot Hole”

"We should legalize cannabis in all 50 states, use the taxes to repair roads & highways & call it Operation Pot Hole" is a jocular saying that has been printed on many images.…

March 2, 2016
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“We should’ve seen communism’s failure. In retrospect, there were a lot of red flags”

A "red flag" is a metaphor for a problem. A red flag is also a symbol of Communism. A joke was posted on reddit on December 4, 2014: We should've known about the failure of…

March 27, 2026
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“We should’ve stopped somewhere between discovering fire and filing taxes. We did too much”

How did civilization evolve into filing taxes? This was posted on X/Twitter (and also on Bluesky and Threads) by Ꮍᴀᴇʟ on March 26, 2026, and it received over 35,000 likes: "We…

May 21, 2024
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“We the People have had enough”

"We the People" is the beginning of the Preamble to the United States Constitution. "We the People have had enough" is a saying that has been printed on many images.…

February 26, 2025
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“We the unwilling, led by the unqualified, to kill the unfortunate, die for the ungrateful”

Entry in progress -- BP “A committee is a group of the unwilling, chosen from the unfit, to do the unnecessary” is a related saying. Reddit -- Pics mohamedgashoot -- September 8, 2019 A Zippo…

February 5, 2021
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“We trade real labor for fake money to pay fraudulent taxes on stuff we don’t own”

"We trade real labor for fake money to pay fraudulent taxes on stuff we don't own" was printed in the blog A Moment With M.O.M. on January 16, 2007. "It seems to me that those…

March 31, 2016
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“We used to have empires ruled by emperors and kingdoms ruled by kings…”

A popular not-safe-for-work joke is: "We used to have empires ruled by emperors. We used to have kingdoms rules by kings. Now we have countries ruled by..." British comedian Kenny Everett…

July 31, 2026
Government/Law/Military/Religion /HealthWork/Businesses

“We went from cows are killing the climate to let’s build 600 acre data centers everywhere”

"How did we go from 'cows are killing the climate' to 'let's build data centers everywhere'" and "We went from cows are killing the climate to let's…

January 27, 2023
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“We would like to congratulate drugs for winning the war on drugs”

"Congratulations to drugs for winning the war on drugs" is a jocular saying that has been printed on many images. "We'd like to congratulate drugs for winning the war on…

December 22, 2010
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“We’d all like to vote for the best man, but he’s never a candidate”

Kin Hubbard (1868-1930) drew the popular "Abe Martin Says" one-panel newspaper comic. Many sayings became widely quoted. "We'd all like t' vote fer th' best man, but…

March 13, 2013
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“We’ll give him a fair trial, then we’ll hang him”

A supposed tale of the old West involves a captured horse thief. The crowd wants to hang him. "No, we can't do that," one member of the crowd says. 'We'll give him a fair…

December 18, 2025
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“We’re all in this psyop together”

"We're all in this psyop together" (or "We are all in this psyop together") is a saying that has been printed on many images. The saying is a response to a mass event like…

June 16, 2020
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“We’re gonna have to retire the expression ‘avoid it like the plague’...”

The 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic caused some to compare it to the plague. There is the expression "avoid like the plague," but many people did not seemingly try to avoid coronavirus (by…

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

“We’re here, we’re queer, get used to it”

"We're here, we're queer, get used to it" has been a slogan of Queer Nation since at least August 1990. A forgotten addition today is, ""We're here, we're…

June 20, 2022
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“We’re not conspiracy theorists. We’re the fucking resistance”

"We’re not conspiracy theorists. We’re the fucking resistance" was posted on Twitter by Ryan M on July 10, 2021. "WE'RE NOT CONSPIRACY THEORISTS. WE'RE THE FUCKING…

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