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

“America 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 24, 2021
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“America is the only country in the world where even people who hate it refuse to leave”

"America is the only country in the world where even people who hate it refuse to leave" was posted on Twitter by American conservative activist and radio talk show host Charlie Kirk on…

June 24, 2021
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“America is the only country in the world where even those who hate it refuse to leave”

"America is the only country in the world where even people who hate it refuse to leave" was posted on Twitter by American conservative activist and radio talk show host Charlie Kirk on…

December 29, 2015
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“America is where a young man can start at the bottom and work his way into a hole”

"America is where a young man can start at the bottom and work his way into a hole" is a jocular one-line saying that has been cited in print since at least 1963. It originated in the…

March 24, 2020
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“America isn’t the stupidest country in the world. Personally, I think Europe is the stupidest”

Europe isn't a country, but there are jokes."I'm American and Im sick of people calling America the stupidest country in the world. I think Europe is the stupidest country in the…

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

“America just needs a mom to be like, ‘A new war? You got new war money? You never even finished the last two. We have plenty of war at home’”

A joke about America, war and moms was posted on X/Twitter by Alex Giampapa on January 6, 2020, and this received over 14,000 likes: "America just needs a mom to be like, 'A new war? You…

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

“America sure is having some bad luck. It’s like it was built on an ancient Indian burial ground”

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.…

August 15, 2026
Music/Dance/Theatre/Film/Circus

“America the Beautiful (pairing of words to the music of “Materna”)

The words to the poem "America the Beautiful" were composed by Wellesley College professor Katharine Lee Bates (1859-1928) in 1893, after a visit to Pike's Peak in 1893. The poem,…

March 21, 2022
Music/Dance/Theatre/Film/Circus

“America the Beautiful” (1902 revisions)

The words to the poem "America the Beautiful" were composed by Wellesley College professor Katharine Lee Bates (1859-1928) in 1893, after a visit to Pikes Peak in 1893. The poem, titled…

December 20, 2012
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“America will never be destroyed from the outside”

"America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves" is a quotation frequently attributed to Abraham Lincoln…

August 27, 2015
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“America will never forgive blacks for slavery”

Entry in progress -- B.P. "The Germans will never forgive the Jews for Auschwitz" is an older, similar saying. Twittervibrantlife‏@vibrantlife"White America will never forgive…

July 5, 2015
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“America without her soldiers would be like God without His angels”

"America without her soldiers would be like God without His angels" is a popular military saying that was cited on Twitter on August 6, 2011, where it was credited to author Claudia…

February 6, 2022
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“America: A nation of sheep, owned by pigs, ruled by wolves”

"Nation of sheep, ruled by wolves, owned by pigs" is a saying that has been printed on many images. "To survive in a nation of sheep, ruled by wolves, owned by pigs, you must become…

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

“America: The country so great that even its 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…

April 27, 2013
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“America: The land where God saves and Satan invests” (anti-NRA slogan)

"America: The land where God saves and Satan invests in assault weapons and high capacity magazines" was printed on an anti-National Rifle Association poster by artist Shepard Fairey. The…

August 25, 2011
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“America’s chickens are coming home to roost”

"Chickens come home to roost" is an idiomatic expression meaning that bad words or deeds will come back to the speaker or actor. The expression was popularized by Robert Southey, who put…

February 29, 2024
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“America’s gun problem? Too few people carry one”

Some people believe that America has a gun problem of too many guns, but gun advocates disagree. "AMERICA'S GUN PROBLEM? TOO FEW PEOPLE CARRY ONE" (shown on an image) was posted on…

January 10, 2025
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“America’s not perfect but in times of crisis, our political leaders set aside their differences and ask: ‘What’s the least amount of aid we can provide…?’”

It's often said that the two major American political parties (Democrats and Republicans) fight each other, but in times of crisis, they set aside their differences for the sake of the…

May 28, 2022
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“American by birth. Patriot by choice”

"American by birth. Patriot by choice" is a saying that has been printed on many images. "American by birth, patriot by choice!" was printed in the Albany (OR) Democrat-Herald…

March 18, 2018
Food/Drink

“American cheese is just regular cheese that’s not afraid to fight for freedom!”

A jocular description of American cheese was posted on Twitter by Jamie Woodham on November 14, 2013: "American cheese is just regular cheese that's not afraid to fight for freedom! Also,…

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