{"id":2873,"date":"2022-02-25T13:57:24","date_gmt":"2022-02-25T12:57:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sparkpoint.eu\/political-slogans-and-catchphrases-from-the-usa\/"},"modified":"2022-02-25T13:57:24","modified_gmt":"2022-02-25T12:57:24","slug":"political-slogans-and-catchphrases-from-the-usa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sparkpoint.eu\/en\/political-slogans-and-catchphrases-from-the-usa\/","title":{"rendered":"Political slogans and catchphrases from the USA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I found this on Wikipedia and copied it here in excerpts. It&#8217;s a great overview of political catchphrases.<\/p>\n<p>The word &#8220;catchphrase&#8221; in itself is great and unfortunately has no catchy translation. &#8220;Buzzword&#8221; would be it officially. But a &#8220;phrase&#8221; that &#8220;catcht&#8221; I find much more catchy.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a class=\"gtrackexternal\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_United_States_political_catchphrases\">Wikipedia<\/a><\/p>\n<h2><span id=\"20th-century\" class=\"mw-headline\">20th-century<\/span><\/h2>\n<h3><span id=\"1900s\u20131950s\" class=\"mw-headline\">1900s-1950s<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;<a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"Big Stick ideology\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Big_Stick_ideology\">Speak softly, and carry a big stick<\/a>,&#8221; <a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"Theodore Roosevelt\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Theodore_Roosevelt\">Theodore Roosevelt<\/a>&#8216;s <a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"Roosevelt Corollary\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Roosevelt_Corollary\">corollary<\/a> to the <a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"Monroe Doctrine\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Monroe_Doctrine\">Monroe Doctrine<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;<a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"Smoke-filled room\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Smoke-filled_room\">Smoke-filled room<\/a>,&#8221; used to describe the backroom at the <a class=\"mw-redirect gtrackexternal\" title=\"Blackstone Hotel\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blackstone_Hotel\">Blackstone Hotel<\/a> where senators gathered to secure <a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"Warren G. Harding\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Warren_G._Harding\">Warren G. Harding<\/a>&#8216;s nomination during the <a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"1920 Republican National Convention\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1920_Republican_National_Convention\">1920 Republican National Convention<\/a>. The term now means a place behind the scenes, where cigar-smoking party bosses make political decisions.<sup id=\"cite_ref-EOCSFR_4-0\" class=\"reference\"><a class=\"gtrackexternal\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_United_States_political_catchphrases#cite_note-EOCSFR-4\" data-et-has-event-already=\"true\">[4]<\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>&#8220;<a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"First inauguration of Franklin D. Roosevelt\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/First_inauguration_of_Franklin_D._Roosevelt#Inaugural_address\" data-et-has-event-already=\"true\">The only thing we have to fear is fear itself<\/a>. &#8220;, from <a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"Franklin D. Roosevelt\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Franklin_D._Roosevelt\">Franklin D. Roosevelt<\/a>&#8216;s <a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"First inauguration of Franklin D. Roosevelt\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/First_inauguration_of_Franklin_D._Roosevelt\">first inaugural address<\/a>.<sup id=\"cite_ref-5\" class=\"reference\"><br \/>\n  <a class=\"gtrackexternal\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_United_States_political_catchphrases#cite_note-5\" data-et-has-event-already=\"true\">[5]<\/a><br \/>\n<\/sup><\/li>\n<li>&#8220;<a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"Infamy Speech\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Infamy_Speech\">Yesterday, December 7, 1941, a date which will live in infamy.<\/a>&#8220;said by President <a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"Franklin D. Roosevelt\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Franklin_D._Roosevelt\">Franklin D. Roosevelt<\/a> after the Japanese <a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"Attack on Pearl Harbor\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Attack_on_Pearl_Harbor\">attack on Pearl Harbor<\/a>.<sup id=\"cite_ref-6\" class=\"reference\"><br \/>\n  <a class=\"gtrackexternal\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_United_States_political_catchphrases#cite_note-6\" data-et-has-event-already=\"true\">[6]<\/a><br \/>\n<\/sup><\/li>\n<li>&#8220;<a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"Douglas MacArthur in World War II\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Douglas_MacArthur_in_World_War_II#Escape_to_Australia_and_Medal_of_Honor_citation\" data-et-has-event-already=\"true\">I shall return.<\/a>&#8220;U.S. General <a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"Douglas MacArthur\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Douglas_MacArthur\">Douglas MacArthur<\/a> after leaving the Philippines.<sup id=\"cite_ref-7\" class=\"reference\"><br \/>\n  <a class=\"gtrackexternal\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_United_States_political_catchphrases#cite_note-7\" data-et-has-event-already=\"true\">[7]<\/a><br \/>\n<\/sup><\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Is there anything we can do for you? For you are the one in trouble now.&#8221; <a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"Eleanor Roosevelt\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Eleanor_Roosevelt\">Eleanor Roosevelt<\/a> to <a class=\"mw-redirect gtrackexternal\" title=\"Harry Truman\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Harry_Truman\">Harry Truman<\/a>, upon learning <a class=\"mw-redirect gtrackexternal\" title=\"Franklin Roosevelt\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Franklin_Roosevelt\">Franklin Roosevelt<\/a> had died.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;<a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"Buck passing\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Buck_passing#The_buck_stops_here\" data-et-has-event-already=\"true\">The buck stops here<\/a>,&#8221; paperweight on the desk of <a class=\"mw-redirect gtrackexternal\" title=\"Harry Truman\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Harry_Truman\">Harry Truman<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;<a class=\"mw-redirect gtrackexternal\" title=\"I like Ike\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/I_like_Ike\">I like Ike<\/a>,&#8221; campaign slogan for President <a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"Dwight D. Eisenhower\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dwight_D._Eisenhower\">Dwight D. Eisenhower<\/a>.<sup id=\"cite_ref-8\" class=\"reference\"><br \/>\n  <a class=\"gtrackexternal\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_United_States_political_catchphrases#cite_note-8\" data-et-has-event-already=\"true\">[8]<\/a><br \/>\n<\/sup><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"The wrong war, at the wrong place, at the wrong time, and with the wrong enemy\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_wrong_war,_at_the_wrong_place,_at_the_wrong_time,_and_with_the_wrong_enemy\">The wrong war, at the wrong place, at the wrong time, and with the wrong enemy<\/a> &#8211; said by <a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chairman_of_the_Joint_Chiefs_of_Staff\">Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff<\/a> General <a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"Omar Bradley\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Omar_Bradley\">Omar Bradley<\/a> to the <a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"United States Senate\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_Senate\">U.S. Senate<\/a> in opposition to extending the <a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"Korean War\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Korean_War\">Korean War<\/a> into <a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"China\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/China\">China<\/a>. Contributed to President <a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"Harry S. Truman\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Harry_S._Truman\">Harry S. Truman<\/a>&#8216;s <a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"Relief of Douglas MacArthur\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Relief_of_Douglas_MacArthur\">dismissal of<\/a> the commander of <a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"United Nations Command\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_Nations_Command\">U.N. forces<\/a> <a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"Douglas MacArthur\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Douglas_MacArthur\">Douglas MacArthur<\/a>. Later utilized in variations in opposition to the <a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"Vietnam War\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vietnam_War\">Vietnam War<\/a> and the <a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"Iraq War\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Iraq_War\">Iraq War<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Clean as a hound&#8217;s tooth,&#8221; the standard promised by Republican candidate <a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"Dwight D. Eisenhower\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dwight_D._Eisenhower\">Dwight D. Eisenhower<\/a> in the 1952 campaign, which gained attention when <a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"Richard Nixon\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Richard_Nixon\">Richard Nixon<\/a>, campaigning for vice president on the same ticket was accused of using campaign funds for personal use.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;And you know, the kids, like all kids, love the dog and I just want to say this right now, that regardless of what they say about it, we&#8217;re gonna keep it.&#8221; &#8211; famous line from the <a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"Checkers speech\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Checkers_speech\">Checkers speech<\/a> delivered by Richard Nixon.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;<a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"McCarthyism\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/McCarthyism#House_Committee_on_Un-American_Activities\" data-et-has-event-already=\"true\">Are you now or have you ever been a member of the Communist Party?<\/a>&#8221; infamous question asked by the <a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"House Un-American Activities Committee\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/House_Un-American_Activities_Committee\">House Un-American Activities Committee<\/a> during the height of the <a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"Cold War\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cold_War\">Cold War<\/a>.<sup id=\"cite_ref-9\" class=\"reference\"><br \/>\n  <a class=\"gtrackexternal\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_United_States_political_catchphrases#cite_note-9\" data-et-has-event-already=\"true\">[9]<\/a><br \/>\n<\/sup><\/li>\n<li>&#8220;<a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"Army\u2013McCarthy hearings\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Army%E2%80%93McCarthy_hearings#Joseph_Welch_confronts_McCarthy\" data-et-has-event-already=\"true\">Have you no sense of decency, sir? At long last, have you left no sense of decency?<\/a>&#8220;, <a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"Joseph N. Welch\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Joseph_N._Welch\">Joseph N. Welch<\/a> confronts Senator <a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"Joseph McCarthy\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Joseph_McCarthy\">Joseph McCarthy<\/a> during the televised <a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"Army\u2013McCarthy hearings\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Army%E2%80%93McCarthy_hearings\">Army-McCarthy hearings<\/a> on June 9, 1954.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span id=\"1960s.E2.80.931970s\"><\/span><span id=\"1960s\u20131970s\" class=\"mw-headline\">1960s-1970s<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;Ask not what your country can do for you-ask what you can do for your country&#8221;,<sup id=\"cite_ref-10\" class=\"reference\"><br \/>\n  <a class=\"gtrackexternal\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_United_States_political_catchphrases#cite_note-10\" data-et-has-event-already=\"true\"><br \/>\n    [10]<br \/>\n  <\/a><br \/>\n<\/sup> part of the <a class=\"mw-redirect gtrackexternal\" title=\"Inaugural address of John F. Kennedy\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Inaugural_address_of_John_F._Kennedy\">Inaugural address of John F. Kennedy<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;You won&#8217;t have Nixon to kick around anymore,&#8221; said by <a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"Richard Nixon\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Richard_Nixon\">Richard Nixon<\/a> in 1962 when he <a class=\"mw-redirect gtrackexternal\" title=\"Richard Nixon's last press conference\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Richard_Nixon%27s_last_press_conference\">announced his retirement from politics<\/a> after losing the <a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"1962 California gubernatorial election\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1962_California_gubernatorial_election\">1962 California gubernatorial election<\/a>.<sup id=\"cite_ref-11\" class=\"reference\"><a class=\"gtrackexternal\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_United_States_political_catchphrases#cite_note-11\" data-et-has-event-already=\"true\">[11]<\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>&#8220;<a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"Ich bin ein Berliner\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ich_bin_ein_Berliner\">Ich bin ein Berliner<\/a>&#8220;, said by <a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"John F. Kennedy\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_F._Kennedy\">John F. Kennedy<\/a> in <a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"West Berlin\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/West_Berlin\">West Berlin<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;In the name of the greatest people that have ever trod this earth, I draw the line in the dust and toss the gauntlet before the feet of tyranny, and I say  <a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"Racial segregation in the United States\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Racial_segregation_in_the_United_States\">segregation<\/a> now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever.&#8221; &#8211; Said by  <a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"Alabama\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alabama\">Alabama<\/a> Governor  <a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"George Wallace\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/George_Wallace\">George Wallace<\/a> during his  <a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"George Wallace's 1963 Inaugural Address\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/George_Wallace%27s_1963_Inaugural_Address\">1963 inaugural address<\/a> in  <a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"Montgomery, Alabama\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Montgomery,_Alabama\">Montgomery<\/a>, defending the institution of segregation in the  <a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"Southern United States\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Southern_United_States\">southern United States<\/a> and characterizing the  <a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"Federal government of the United States\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Federal_government_of_the_United_States\">federal government<\/a>&#8216;s  <a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"Civil rights movement\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Civil_rights_movement\">civil rights initiatives<\/a> as authoritarian. Wallace emerged afterwards as one of the strongest defenders of segregation in the South during the 1960s.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;<a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"I know it when I see it\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/I_know_it_when_I_see_it\">I know it when I see it<\/a>,&#8221; used by <a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"Supreme Court of the United States\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States\">Supreme Court<\/a> Justice <a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"Potter Stewart\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Potter_Stewart\">Potter Stewart<\/a> to describe his threshold test for <a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"Obscenity\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Obscenity\">obscenity<\/a> in <i><br \/>\n  <a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"Jacobellis v. Ohio\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jacobellis_v._Ohio\">Jacobellis v. Ohio<\/a><br \/>\n<\/i> (1964).<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;I would remind you that extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. And let me remind you also that moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.&#8221; Said by <a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"Barry Goldwater\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Barry_Goldwater\">Barry Goldwater<\/a> in his acceptance speech at the <a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"1964 Republican National Convention\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1964_Republican_National_Convention\">1964 Republican National Convention<\/a>.<sup id=\"cite_ref-12\" class=\"reference\"><a class=\"gtrackexternal\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_United_States_political_catchphrases#cite_note-12\" data-et-has-event-already=\"true\">[12]<\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Hey, hey, LBJ, how many kids did you kill today?&#8221; slogan of <a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"Lists of protests against the Vietnam War\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lists_of_protests_against_the_Vietnam_War\">anti-war protests during the Vietnam War<\/a><\/li>\n<li>&#8220;America, love it or leave it,&#8221; slogan of pro-war protests during the Vietnam War<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Let me say this about that,&#8221; frequently said by President <a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"Richard Nixon\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Richard_Nixon\">Richard Nixon<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Let me make one thing perfectly clear,&#8221; frequently said by President Richard Nixon.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;<a class=\"mw-redirect gtrackexternal\" title=\"Only Nixon could go to China\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Only_Nixon_could_go_to_China\">Only Nixon could go to China<\/a>,&#8221; saying that became popular in the wake of <a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"Richard Nixon\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Richard_Nixon\">Richard Nixon<\/a>&#8216;s <a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"Richard Nixon's 1972 visit to China\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Richard_Nixon%27s_1972_visit_to_China\">visit<\/a> to the <a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"China\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/China\">People&#8217;s Republic of China<\/a>.<sup id=\"cite_ref-13\" class=\"reference\"><a class=\"gtrackexternal\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_United_States_political_catchphrases#cite_note-13\" data-et-has-event-already=\"true\">[13]<\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>&#8220;What did the President know and when did he know it?&#8221; asked by Senator <a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"Howard Baker\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Howard_Baker\">Howard Baker<\/a> in the <a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"United States Senate Watergate Committee\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_Senate_Watergate_Committee\">Senate Watergate hearings<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;<a class=\"mw-redirect gtrackexternal\" title=\"I'm not a crook\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/I%27m_not_a_crook\">I&#8217;m not a crook<\/a>,&#8221; said by <a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"Richard Nixon\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Richard_Nixon\">Richard Nixon<\/a> in reference to his never having profited through his government service. (Often misquoted as &#8220;I am not a crook.&#8221;)<sup id=\"cite_ref-14\" class=\"reference\"><a class=\"gtrackexternal\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_United_States_political_catchphrases#cite_note-14\" data-et-has-event-already=\"true\">[14]<\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>&#8220;<a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"Follow the money\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Follow_the_money\">Follow the money<\/a>&#8220;, popularized by <i><br \/>\n  <a class=\"mw-redirect gtrackexternal\" title=\"All The President's Men\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/All_The_President%27s_Men\">All The President&#8217;s Men<\/a><br \/>\n<\/i>, used in several contexts.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;I&#8217;m a Ford, not a Lincoln,&#8221; said by <a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"Gerald Ford\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gerald_Ford\">Gerald Ford<\/a> in his first speech as President.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;<a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"Whip inflation now\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Whip_inflation_now\">Whip inflation now<\/a>,&#8221; <a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"Gerald Ford\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gerald_Ford\">Gerald Ford<\/a>&#8216;s widely ridiculed speech to Congress October 8, 1974.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;When the president does it, that means that it is not illegal.&#8221; Said by <a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"Richard Nixon\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Richard_Nixon\">Richard Nixon<\/a> during the <a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"Nixon interviews\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nixon_interviews\">Frost\/Nixon interviews<\/a>, about his alleged participation in the <a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"Watergate scandal\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Watergate_scandal\">Watergate scandal<\/a> cover-up.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span id=\"1980s\" class=\"mw-headline\">1980s<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;Voodoo Economics,&#8221; a term used by <a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"George H. W. Bush\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/George_H._W._Bush\">George H. W. Bush<\/a> in reference to President <a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"Ronald Reagan\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ronald_Reagan\">Ronald Reagan<\/a>&#8216;s economic policies, which came to be known as &#8220;<a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"Reaganomics\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Reaganomics\">Reaganomics<\/a>,&#8221; during the <a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"1980 Republican Party presidential primaries\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1980_Republican_Party_presidential_primaries\">1980 Republican Party presidential primaries<\/a>. Before President Bush became Reagan&#8217;s vice president, he viewed his eventual running mate&#8217;s economic policies with great skepticism. Reagan was a proponent of <a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"Supply-side economics\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Supply-side_economics\">supply-side economics<\/a>, favoring reduced <a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"Income tax in the United States\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Income_tax_in_the_United_States\">income<\/a> and <a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"Capital gains tax in the United States\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Capital_gains_tax_in_the_United_States\">capital gains tax<\/a> rates, which supporters claim actually increase government revenue over time. It was the last point that Bush initially took objection to.<sup id=\"cite_ref-15\" class=\"reference\"><a class=\"gtrackexternal\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_United_States_political_catchphrases#cite_note-15\" data-et-has-event-already=\"true\">[15]<\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>&#8220;<a class=\"mw-redirect gtrackexternal\" title=\"There you go again (Reagan)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/There_you_go_again_(Reagan)\">There you go again<\/a>,&#8221; said by Ronald Reagan about <a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"Jimmy Carter\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jimmy_Carter\">Jimmy Carter<\/a> during their 1980 presidential debate and was used by Reagan again about <a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"Walter Mondale\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Walter_Mondale\">Walter Mondale<\/a> in their 1984 presidential debate. This quotation was also borrowed by <a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"Sarah Palin\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sarah_Palin\">Sarah Palin<\/a> during the <a class=\"mw-redirect gtrackexternal\" title=\"2008 Vice Presidential Debate\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2008_Vice_Presidential_Debate\">2008 Vice Presidential Debate<\/a> against <a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"Joe Biden\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Joe_Biden\">Joe Biden<\/a>.<sup id=\"cite_ref-16\" class=\"reference\"><a class=\"gtrackexternal\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_United_States_political_catchphrases#cite_note-16\" data-et-has-event-already=\"true\">[16]<\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>&#8220;<a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"Make America Great Again\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Make_America_Great_Again\">Let&#8217;s make America great again!<\/a>&#8220;Slogan from the Reagan campaign in 1980, also used in 1992 by <a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"Bill Clinton\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bill_Clinton\">Bill Clinton<\/a> and in 2016 by <a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"Donald Trump\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump\">Donald Trump<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Are you better off now than you were four years ago?&#8221;, a question posed by Ronald Reagan at the end of his debate with Jimmy Carter in 1980. Often invoked by future presidential candidates.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;I&#8217;m from the government, and I&#8217;m here to help,&#8221; said by Ronald Reagan referring to the &#8220;most terrifying words in the <a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"English language\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/English_language\">English language<\/a>&#8221; in opposition to <a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"Social programs in the United States\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Social_programs_in_the_United_States\">welfare policies<\/a>.<sup id=\"cite_ref-17\" class=\"reference\"><a class=\"gtrackexternal\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_United_States_political_catchphrases#cite_note-17\" data-et-has-event-already=\"true\">[17]<\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>&#8220;In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problems; government is the problem,&#8221; said by <a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"Ronald Reagan\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ronald_Reagan\">Ronald Reagan<\/a>.<sup id=\"cite_ref-18\" class=\"reference\"><a class=\"gtrackexternal\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_United_States_political_catchphrases#cite_note-18\" data-et-has-event-already=\"true\">[18]<\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>&#8220;I don&#8217;t want to exploit &#8230; my opponent&#8217;s youth and inexperience,&#8221; said by Ronald Reagan in the second debate with <a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"Walter Mondale\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Walter_Mondale\">Walter Mondale<\/a>, defusing the age issue.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;It&#8217;s <a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"Morning in America\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Morning_in_America\">morning again in America<\/a>&#8220;: Ronald Reagan, in reference to the recovering economy and the dominating performance by the <a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"United States at the Olympics\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_at_the_Olympics\">U.S. athletes<\/a> at the <a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"1984 Summer Olympics\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1984_Summer_Olympics\">Los Angeles Olympics<\/a> that summer, among other things.<sup id=\"cite_ref-19\" class=\"reference\"><a class=\"gtrackexternal\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_United_States_political_catchphrases#cite_note-19\" data-et-has-event-already=\"true\">[19]<\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>&#8220;<a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"Where's the beef?\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Where%27s_the_beef%3F\">Where&#8217;s the beef?<\/a>&#8220;, said by presidential hopeful and former Democratic Vice President <a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"Walter Mondale\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Walter_Mondale\">Walter Mondale<\/a>, when attacking Colorado Senator <a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"Gary Hart\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gary_Hart\">Gary Hart<\/a> in a 1984 Democratic primary debate. Mondale meant that Hart was only doing lip service. The phrase was derived from a popular television ad for <a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"Wendy's\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wendy%27s\">Wendy&#8217;s<\/a> hamburgers.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;<a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"Trust, but verify\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trust,_but_verify\">Trust, but verify<\/a>,&#8221; used by Ronald Reagan when discussing relations with the <a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"Soviet Union\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Soviet_Union\">Soviet Union<\/a>. Originally a <a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"Russian proverbs\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Russian_proverbs\">Russian proverb<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;<a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"Mistakes were made\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mistakes_were_made\">Mistakes were made<\/a>,&#8221; said by Ronald Reagan in the <a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"1987 State of the Union Address\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1987_State_of_the_Union_Address\">1987 State of the Union Address<\/a> in reference to the <a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"Iran\u2013Contra affair\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Iran%E2%80%93Contra_affair\">Iran-Contra affair<\/a>. Repeated by many others, including Bill Clinton and <a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"George W. Bush\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/George_W._Bush\">George W. Bush<\/a>.<sup id=\"cite_ref-20\" class=\"reference\"><a class=\"gtrackexternal\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_United_States_political_catchphrases#cite_note-20\" data-et-has-event-already=\"true\">[20]<\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>&#8220;<a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"Mikhail Gorbachev\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mikhail_Gorbachev\">Mr. Gorbachev<\/a>, <a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"Tear down this wall!\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tear_down_this_wall!\">tear down this wall!<\/a>&#8220;, said by Ronald Reagan while speaking in West Berlin calling on the Soviet Union to dismantle the <a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"Berlin Wall\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Berlin_Wall\">Berlin Wall<\/a> separating West Berlin from <a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"East Germany\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/East_Germany\">East Germany<\/a>.<sup id=\"cite_ref-21\" class=\"reference\"><a class=\"gtrackexternal\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_United_States_political_catchphrases#cite_note-21\" data-et-has-event-already=\"true\">[21]<\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>&#8220;<a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"George H. W. Bush\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/George_H._W._Bush#1988_presidential_campaign\" data-et-has-event-already=\"true\">Oh, the vision thing<\/a>,&#8221; said by George H. W. Bush, responding to concerns that his campaign lacked a unifying theme.<sup id=\"cite_ref-22\" class=\"reference\"><a class=\"gtrackexternal\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_United_States_political_catchphrases#cite_note-22\" data-et-has-event-already=\"true\">[22]<\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>&#8220;<a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"Read my lips: no new taxes\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Read_my_lips:_no_new_taxes\">Read my lips: no new taxes<\/a>&#8220;, said by George H. W. Bush during the <a class=\"mw-redirect gtrackexternal\" title=\"U.S. presidential election, 1988\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/U.S._presidential_election,_1988\">1988 U.S. presidential election<\/a>.<sup id=\"cite_ref-23\" class=\"reference\"><br \/>\n  <a class=\"gtrackexternal\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_United_States_political_catchphrases#cite_note-23\" data-et-has-event-already=\"true\"><br \/>\n    [23]<br \/>\n  <\/a><br \/>\n<\/sup> Bush would famously agree to a tax increase as part of a deficit-reduction deal during his actual presidency.<\/li>\n<li><a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"Thousand points of light\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thousand_points_of_light\">Thousand points of light<\/a>, first used by George H. W. Bush in his speech accepting the presidential nomination at the <a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"1988 Republican National Convention\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1988_Republican_National_Convention\">1988 Republican National Convention<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;<a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"Senator, you're no Jack Kennedy\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Senator,_you%27re_no_Jack_Kennedy\">Senator, you&#8217;re no Jack Kennedy<\/a>.&#8221; Senator <a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"Lloyd Bentsen\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lloyd_Bentsen\">Lloyd Bentsen<\/a> to Senator <a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"Dan Quayle\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dan_Quayle\">Dan Quayle<\/a> in the 1988 Vice Presidential debate.<sup id=\"cite_ref-24\" class=\"reference\"><a class=\"gtrackexternal\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_United_States_political_catchphrases#cite_note-24\" data-et-has-event-already=\"true\">[24]<\/a><\/sup>  Sometimes misquoted as &#8220;you, sir, are no Jack Kennedy.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span id=\"1990s\" class=\"mw-headline\">1990s<\/span><span class=\"mw-editsection\"><span class=\"mw-editsection-bracket\">[<\/span><a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"Edit section: 1990s\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=List_of_United_States_political_catchphrases&amp;action=edit&amp;section=6\">edit source<\/a><span class=\"mw-editsection-bracket\">]<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;Vote for the crook. It&#8217;s important.&#8221; A bumper sticker slogan created by <a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"Morton Blackwell\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Morton_Blackwell\">Morton Blackwell<\/a> urging people to vote for <a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"Edwin Edwards\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Edwin_Edwards\">Edwin Edwards<\/a> over noted <a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"White supremacy\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/White_supremacy\">white supremacist<\/a> <a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"David Duke\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/David_Duke\">David Duke<\/a> in the <a class=\"mw-redirect gtrackexternal\" title=\"Louisiana gubernatorial election, 1991\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Louisiana_gubernatorial_election,_1991\">1991 Louisiana gubernatorial election<\/a>.<sup id=\"cite_ref-25\" class=\"reference\"><a class=\"gtrackexternal\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_United_States_political_catchphrases#cite_note-25\" data-et-has-event-already=\"true\">[25]<\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>&#8220;I&#8217;m Ross, and you&#8217;re the Boss,&#8221; said by <a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"Ross Perot\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ross_Perot\">Ross Perot<\/a> during the <a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"1992 United States presidential election\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1992_United_States_presidential_election\">1992 presidential election<\/a>.<sup id=\"cite_ref-26\" class=\"reference\"><a class=\"gtrackexternal\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_United_States_political_catchphrases#cite_note-26\" data-et-has-event-already=\"true\">[26]<\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>&#8220;That <a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"Giant sucking sound\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Giant_sucking_sound\">giant sucking sound<\/a>,&#8221; said by Ross Perot in 1992 with regards to American jobs going to <a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"Mexico\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mexico\">Mexico<\/a> if the <a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"North American Free Trade Agreement\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/North_American_Free_Trade_Agreement\">North American Free Trade Agreement<\/a> (NAFTA) were ratified.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;I didn&#8217;t inhale,&#8221; said by <a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"Bill Clinton\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bill_Clinton\">Bill Clinton<\/a> regarding experimenting with <a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"Cannabis (drug)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cannabis_(drug)\">marijuana<\/a> while attending <a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"University of Oxford\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/University_of_Oxford\">Oxford University<\/a>.<sup id=\"cite_ref-27\" class=\"reference\"><a class=\"gtrackexternal\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_United_States_political_catchphrases#cite_note-27\" data-et-has-event-already=\"true\">[27]<\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>&#8220;<a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"It's the economy, stupid\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/It%27s_the_economy,_stupid\">It&#8217;s the economy, stupid<\/a>&#8221; was a phrase in <a class=\"mw-redirect gtrackexternal\" title=\"American politics\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/American_politics\">American politics<\/a> widely used during Bill Clinton&#8217;s successful <a class=\"mw-redirect gtrackexternal\" title=\"Bill Clinton presidential campaign, 1992\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bill_Clinton_presidential_campaign,_1992\">1992 presidential campaign<\/a> against George H. W. Bush. Widely attributed to Clinton advisor <a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"James Carville\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/James_Carville\">James Carville<\/a>.<sup id=\"cite_ref-28\" class=\"reference\"><a class=\"gtrackexternal\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_United_States_political_catchphrases#cite_note-28\" data-et-has-event-already=\"true\">[28]<\/a><\/sup>  The phrase, although now almost always quoted in its current form, is actually an incorrect quotation: Carville&#8217;s original slogan, which he first wrote as part of a poster displayed in candidate Clinton&#8217;s campaign headquarters, was &#8220;The Economy, Stupid,&#8221; with no &#8220;It&#8217;s.&#8221;<sup id=\"cite_ref-29\" class=\"reference\"><a class=\"gtrackexternal\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_United_States_political_catchphrases#cite_note-29\" data-et-has-event-already=\"true\">[29]<\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>&#8220;<a class=\"mw-redirect gtrackexternal\" title=\"I did not have sexual relations with that woman\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/I_did_not_have_sexual_relations_with_that_woman\">I did not have sexual relations with that woman<\/a>&#8220;, said by Bill Clinton regarding <a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"Monica Lewinsky\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Monica_Lewinsky\">Monica Lewinsky<\/a>.<sup id=\"cite_ref-30\" class=\"reference\"><a class=\"gtrackexternal\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_United_States_political_catchphrases#cite_note-30\" data-et-has-event-already=\"true\">[30]<\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>&#8220;<a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"Vast right-wing conspiracy\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vast_right-wing_conspiracy\">Vast right-wing conspiracy<\/a>,&#8221; used by <a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"Hillary Clinton\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hillary_Clinton\">Hillary Clinton<\/a> in 1998 in defense of husband President <a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"Bill Clinton\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bill_Clinton\">Bill Clinton<\/a> in reference to the <a class=\"mw-redirect gtrackexternal\" title=\"Lewinsky scandal\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lewinsky_scandal\">Lewinsky scandal<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;It depends on what the meaning of the word &#8216;is&#8217; is.&#8221; Said by Bill Clinton during testimony regarding his relationship with Monica Lewinsky.<sup id=\"cite_ref-31\" class=\"reference\"><a class=\"gtrackexternal\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_United_States_political_catchphrases#cite_note-31\" data-et-has-event-already=\"true\">[31]<\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>&#8220;During my service in the United States Congress, I took the initiative in creating the Internet.&#8221; said by <a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"Al Gore\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Al_Gore\">Al Gore<\/a> during a <a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"Al Gore and information technology\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Al_Gore_and_information_technology#1999_CNN_interview_controversy\" data-et-has-event-already=\"true\">1999 CNN interview<\/a>, and often interpreted as &#8220;I invented the Internet.&#8221;<sup id=\"cite_ref-Snopes_32-0\" class=\"reference\"><a class=\"gtrackexternal\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_United_States_political_catchphrases#cite_note-Snopes-32\" data-et-has-event-already=\"true\">[32]<\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span id=\"21st-century\" class=\"mw-headline\">21st-century<\/span><span class=\"mw-editsection\"><span class=\"mw-editsection-bracket\">[<\/span><a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"Edit section: 21st-century\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=List_of_United_States_political_catchphrases&amp;action=edit&amp;section=7\">edit source<\/a><span class=\"mw-editsection-bracket\">]<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<h3><span id=\"2000s\" class=\"mw-headline\">2000s<\/span><span class=\"mw-editsection\"><span class=\"mw-editsection-bracket\">[<\/span><a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"Edit section: 2000s\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=List_of_United_States_political_catchphrases&amp;action=edit&amp;section=8\">edit source<\/a><span class=\"mw-editsection-bracket\">]<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<div class=\"hatnote navigation-not-searchable\" role=\"note\">See also: <a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"Bushism\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bushism\">Bushism<\/a><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;<a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"Fuzzy math (politics)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fuzzy_math_(politics)\">Fuzzy math<\/a>&#8220;, initiated by <a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"George W. Bush\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/George_W._Bush\">George W. Bush<\/a>, and used often by others since<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;<a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"Axis of evil\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Axis_of_evil\">Axis of evil<\/a>,&#8221; first used by Bush in his <a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"2002 State of the Union Address\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2002_State_of_the_Union_Address\">2002 State of the Union Address<\/a>, defining <a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"North Korea\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/North_Korea\">North Korea<\/a>, <a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"Iran\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Iran\">Iran<\/a>, and <a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"Ba'athist Iraq\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ba%27athist_Iraq\">Ba&#8217;athist Iraq<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;<a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"There are known knowns\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/There_are_known_knowns\">There are known knowns<\/a>&#8220;, used by <a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"Donald Rumsfeld\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Rumsfeld\">Donald Rumsfeld<\/a> when discussing the <a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"2003 invasion of Iraq\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2003_invasion_of_Iraq\">invasion of Iraq<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;<a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"Reality-based community\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Reality-based_community\">Reality-based community<\/a>,&#8221; attributed to a Bush administration official, widely believed to be <a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"Karl Rove\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Karl_Rove\">Karl Rove<\/a><\/li>\n<li>&#8220;<a class=\"mw-redirect gtrackexternal\" title=\"Yes We Can (slogan)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Yes_We_Can_(slogan)\">Yes we can<\/a>&#8221; used by <a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"Barack Obama\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Barack_Obama\">Barack Obama<\/a> during the <a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"2008 United States presidential election\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2008_United_States_presidential_election\">2008 presidential campaign<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span id=\"2010s\" class=\"mw-headline\">2010s<\/span><span class=\"mw-editsection\"><span class=\"mw-editsection-bracket\">[<\/span><a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"Edit section: 2010s\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=List_of_United_States_political_catchphrases&amp;action=edit&amp;section=9\">edit source<\/a><span class=\"mw-editsection-bracket\">]<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;<a class=\"mw-redirect gtrackexternal\" title=\"The rent is too damn high\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_rent_is_too_damn_high\">The rent is too damn high<\/a>,&#8221; a quotation and political platform of <a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"Jimmy McMillan\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jimmy_McMillan\">Jimmy McMillan<\/a> in the <a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"2010 New York gubernatorial election\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2010_New_York_gubernatorial_election\">2010 New York gubernatorial election<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;<a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"You didn't build that\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/You_didn%27t_build_that\">You didn&#8217;t build that<\/a>,&#8221; used by Barack Obama referring to federal infrastructure and used by his opponent&#8217;s supporters to suggest that he meant there is no individual success in the United States.<\/li>\n<li><a class=\"mw-redirect gtrackexternal\" title=\"War on Women\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/War_on_Women\">War on Women<\/a> &#8211; Political slogan used by the Democratic Party in attacks from 2010 onward.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;<a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"Binders full of women\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Binders_full_of_women\">Binders full of women<\/a>,&#8221; a phrase used by <a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"Mitt Romney\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mitt_Romney\">Mitt Romney<\/a> in the <a class=\"mw-redirect gtrackexternal\" title=\"United States presidential debates, 2012\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_presidential_debates,_2012\">2012 presidential debates<\/a>. Though intended as a supportive comment about resolving the <a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"Gender pay gap\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gender_pay_gap\">gender pay gap<\/a> through alternative hiring practices, it had the opposite effect among many voters and was frequently ridiculed.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;<a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"Make America Great Again\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Make_America_Great_Again\">Make America Great Again<\/a>,&#8221; campaign slogan for <a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"Donald Trump\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump\">Donald Trump<\/a>; previously used by Ronald Reagan in 1980.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;<a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"Basket of deplorables\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Basket_of_deplorables\">Basket of deplorables<\/a>&#8220;, a phrase used by <a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"Hillary Clinton\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hillary_Clinton\">Hillary Clinton<\/a> to describe some of Donald Trump&#8217;s supporters.<sup id=\"cite_ref-33\" class=\"reference\"><br \/>\n  <a class=\"gtrackexternal\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_United_States_political_catchphrases#cite_note-33\" data-et-has-event-already=\"true\"><br \/>\n    [33]<br \/>\n  <\/a><br \/>\n<\/sup> The phrase was embraced by many Trump supporters.<sup id=\"cite_ref-34\" class=\"reference\"><a class=\"gtrackexternal\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_United_States_political_catchphrases#cite_note-34\" data-et-has-event-already=\"true\">[34]<\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>&#8220;<a class=\"mw-redirect gtrackexternal\" title=\"Drain the Swamp\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Drain_the_Swamp\">Drain the Swamp<\/a>,&#8221; used by many politicians, including <a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"Ronald Reagan\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ronald_Reagan\">Ronald Reagan<\/a>,<sup id=\"cite_ref-35\" class=\"reference\"><br \/>\n  <a class=\"gtrackexternal\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_United_States_political_catchphrases#cite_note-35\" data-et-has-event-already=\"true\"><br \/>\n    [35]<br \/>\n  <\/a><br \/>\n<\/sup><sup id=\"cite_ref-36\" class=\"reference\"><br \/>\n  <a class=\"gtrackexternal\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_United_States_political_catchphrases#cite_note-36\" data-et-has-event-already=\"true\"><br \/>\n    [36]<br \/>\n  <\/a><br \/>\n<\/sup> <a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"Nancy Pelosi\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nancy_Pelosi\">Nancy Pelosi<\/a>,<sup id=\"cite_ref-37\" class=\"reference\"><br \/>\n  <a class=\"gtrackexternal\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_United_States_political_catchphrases#cite_note-37\" data-et-has-event-already=\"true\"><br \/>\n    [37]<br \/>\n  <\/a><br \/>\n<\/sup><sup id=\"cite_ref-38\" class=\"reference\"><br \/>\n  <a class=\"gtrackexternal\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_United_States_political_catchphrases#cite_note-38\" data-et-has-event-already=\"true\"><br \/>\n    [38]<br \/>\n  <\/a><br \/>\n<\/sup> and <a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"Donald Trump\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump\">Donald Trump<\/a>.<sup id=\"cite_ref-39\" class=\"reference\"><a class=\"gtrackexternal\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_United_States_political_catchphrases#cite_note-39\" data-et-has-event-already=\"true\">[39]<\/a><\/sup><sup id=\"cite_ref-40\" class=\"reference\"><a class=\"gtrackexternal\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_United_States_political_catchphrases#cite_note-40\" data-et-has-event-already=\"true\">[40]<\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>&#8220;<a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"Nasty woman\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nasty_woman\">Such a nasty woman<\/a>&#8220;, said by <a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"Donald Trump\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump\">Donald Trump<\/a> during the final presidential debate between him and <a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"Hillary Clinton\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hillary_Clinton\">Hillary Clinton<\/a>.<sup id=\"cite_ref-41\" class=\"reference\"><br \/>\n  <a class=\"gtrackexternal\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_United_States_political_catchphrases#cite_note-41\" data-et-has-event-already=\"true\"><br \/>\n    [41]<br \/>\n  <\/a><br \/>\n<\/sup> The phrase was embraced by some women voters and has also launched a <a class=\"mw-redirect gtrackexternal\" title=\"Nasty Woman Movement\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nasty_Woman_Movement\">feminist movement by the same name<\/a>.<sup id=\"cite_ref-42\" class=\"reference\"><a class=\"gtrackexternal\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_United_States_political_catchphrases#cite_note-42\" data-et-has-event-already=\"true\">[42]<\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>&#8220;<a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"Alternative facts\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alternative_facts\">Alternative facts<\/a>,&#8221; a phrase used by U.S. Counselor to the President <a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"Kellyanne Conway\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kellyanne_Conway\">Kellyanne Conway<\/a> during an <i><br \/>\n  <a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"Meet the Press\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Meet_the_Press\">Meet the Press<\/a><br \/>\n<\/i> interview in January 2017, in which she defended <a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"White House Press Secretary\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/White_House_Press_Secretary\">White House Press Secretary<\/a> <a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"Sean Spicer\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sean_Spicer\">Sean Spicer<\/a>&#8216;s false statement about the attendance at <a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"Donald Trump\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump\">Donald Trump<\/a>&#8216;s inauguration as <a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"President of the United States\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/President_of_the_United_States\">President of the United States<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"Fake news\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fake_news\">Fake news<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;<a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"Nevertheless, she persisted\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nevertheless,_she_persisted\">Nevertheless, she persisted<\/a>,&#8221; used by <a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"Party leaders of the United States Senate\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Party_leaders_of_the_United_States_Senate\">Senate Majority Leader<\/a> <a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"Mitch McConnell\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mitch_McConnell\">Mitch McConnell<\/a> to describe Senator Elizabeth Warren&#8217;s insistence on reading a letter from <a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"Coretta Scott King\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Coretta_Scott_King\">Coretta Scott King<\/a> into the <i><br \/>\n  <a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"Congressional Record\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Congressional_Record\">Congressional Record<\/a><br \/>\n<\/i> during a debate on confirmation of then <a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"Alabama\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alabama\">Alabama<\/a> Senator <a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"Jeff Sessions\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jeff_Sessions\">Jeff Sessions<\/a> to be <a class=\"mw-redirect gtrackexternal\" title=\"Attorney General of the United States\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Attorney_General_of_the_United_States\">Attorney General of the United States<\/a>. The letter outlined opposition to Senator Sessions&#8217; confirmation for a federal judgeship in 1980s.<sup id=\"cite_ref-43\" class=\"reference\"><a class=\"gtrackexternal\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_United_States_political_catchphrases#cite_note-43\" data-et-has-event-already=\"true\">[43]<\/a><\/sup><sup id=\"cite_ref-44\" class=\"reference\"><a class=\"gtrackexternal\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_United_States_political_catchphrases#cite_note-44\" data-et-has-event-already=\"true\">[44]<\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>&#8220;<a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"Covfefe\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Covfefe\">Covfefe<\/a>,&#8221; an unintentional spelling error by President <a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"Donald Trump\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump\">Donald Trump<\/a> that was tweeted out; he had possibly meant to say &#8220;coverage.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>The &#8220;<a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"Jimmy Kimmel test\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jimmy_Kimmel_test\">Jimmy Kimmel test<\/a>,&#8221; a <a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"Litmus test (politics)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Litmus_test_(politics)\">political litmus test<\/a> created by Senator <a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"Bill Cassidy\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bill_Cassidy\">Bill Cassidy<\/a> in reference to a <a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"Pre-existing condition\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pre-existing_condition\">pre-existing condition<\/a> affecting <a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"Jimmy Kimmel\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jimmy_Kimmel\">Jimmy Kimmel<\/a>&#8216;s infant son, which measures a health care law by whether it would deny medical coverage to individuals with pre-existing conditions because it was unaffordable.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Reclaiming my time,&#8221; used by <a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"Maxine Waters\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxine_Waters\">Maxine Waters<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Lordy, I hope there are tapes!&#8221;, said by former <a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Director_of_the_Federal_Bureau_of_Investigation\">FBI Director<\/a> <a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"James Comey\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/James_Comey\">James Comey<\/a> during a <a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"United States Senate Select Committee on Intelligence\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_Senate_Select_Committee_on_Intelligence\">Senate Intelligence Committee<\/a> hearing when asked if his conversations with President <a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"Donald Trump\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump\">Donald Trump<\/a> were recorded.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;<a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"Believe women\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Believe_women\">Believe women<\/a>,&#8221; slogan of the <a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"Me Too movement\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Me_Too_movement\">\uff03MeToo movement<\/a> popularized after Justice <a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"Brett Kavanaugh\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Brett_Kavanaugh\">Brett Kavanaugh<\/a>&#8216;s <a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"Brett Kavanaugh Supreme Court nomination\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Brett_Kavanaugh_Supreme_Court_nomination\">nomination hearings<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Working for the Clampdown,&#8221; used by Congressman <a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"Beto O'Rourke\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Beto_O%27Rourke\">Beto O&#8217;Rourke<\/a> to describe <a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"Ted Cruz\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ted_Cruz\">Ted Cruz<\/a> during the <a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"2018 United States Senate election in Texas\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2018_United_States_Senate_election_in_Texas\">2018 United States Senate election in Texas<\/a>. O&#8217;Rourke used a reference to <a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"Punk rock\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Punk_rock\">punk-rock<\/a> band <a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"The Clash\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Clash\">The Clash<\/a> to describe how Cruz is a <a class=\"mw-redirect gtrackexternal\" title=\"Trump administration\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_administration\">Trump administration<\/a> proxy.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;<a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"JobsNotMobs\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/JobsNotMobs\">JobsNotMobs<\/a>,&#8221; slogan of the <a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"Republican Party (United States)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Republican_Party_(United_States)\">Republican Party<\/a> during the <a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"2018 United States elections\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2018_United_States_elections\">2018 midterm elections<\/a>, referencing rising employment rates attributed by Republicans to <a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"Economic policy of Donald Trump\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Economic_policy_of_Donald_Trump\">President Donald Trump&#8217;s economic policy<\/a> and a perceived tendency by the Democratic Party to resort to and encourage <a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"Riot\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Riot\">mob violence<\/a>. Popularized by <a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"Scott Adams\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Scott_Adams\">Scott Adams<\/a>, <a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"James Woods\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/James_Woods\">James Woods<\/a>, and <a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"Turning Point USA\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Turning_Point_USA\">Turning Point USA<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;<a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"It's OK to be white\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/It%27s_OK_to_be_white\">It&#8217;s OK to be white<\/a>,&#8221; poster campaign started on the <a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"\/pol\/\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/\/pol\/\">\/pol\/<\/a> board of <a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"4chan\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/4chan\">4chan<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Look, fat, here&#8217;s the deal,&#8221; allegedly used by <a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"Joe Biden\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Joe_Biden\">Joe Biden<\/a> during a town hall meeting in Iowa in response to a voter raising questions about his son, <a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"Hunter Biden\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hunter_Biden\">Hunter Biden<\/a>. The Biden campaign claimed that Biden said &#8220;look, fact,&#8221; instead of &#8220;fat&#8221; (the microphone quality in footage of the exchange makes it difficult to discern), though a different spokesperson later appeared to imply that Biden did, indeed, say &#8220;fat.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span id=\"2020s\" class=\"mw-headline\">2020s<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;Go to the YouTube,&#8221; used by <a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"Bernie Sanders\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bernie_Sanders\">Bernie Sanders<\/a> in a debate against <a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"Joe Biden\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Joe_Biden\">Joe Biden<\/a> to encourage viewers to watch footage of Biden calling for cuts to <a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"Social Security (United States)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Social_Security_(United_States)\">Social Security<\/a> on the Senate floor, which Biden had repeatedly denied. The phrase was both embraced and mocked online, with supporters of Sanders adopting it.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;That woman from Michigan,&#8221; used by <a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"Donald Trump\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump\">Donald Trump<\/a> in an attack against Michigan Governor <a class=\"gtrackexternal\" title=\"Gretchen Whitmer\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gretchen_Whitmer\">Gretchen Whitmer<\/a> over her handling of the <a class=\"mw-redirect gtrackexternal\" title=\"2020 coronavirus pandemic in Michigan\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2020_coronavirus_pandemic_in_Michigan\">2020 coronavirus pandemic in Michigan<\/a>. The phrase was adopted by many of the governor&#8217;s supporters, as well as the governor herself.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/resonanzkraft.net\/antrittsrede_john_f_kennedy_1961\/\">Inaugural Address of John F. Kennedy 1961.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/resonanzkraft.net\/antrittsrede_bill_clinton_1993\/\">Inaugural address by Bill Clinton on January 20, 1993.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/resonanzkraft.net\/antrittsrede_barack_obama_2009\/\">Inaugural address by Barack Obama in 2009.<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"document-title\">\n<p>Here is a list of inaugural speeches by U.S. presidents: <a class=\"gtrackexternal\" href=\"https:\/\/avalon.law.yale.edu\/subject_menus\/inaug.asp\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The <a class=\"gtrackexternal\" href=\"https:\/\/avalon.law.yale.edu\/default.asp\">Avalon Project<\/a> at Yale University maintains the texts of all inaugural addresses of U.S. presidents from George Washington (1789) to Barack Obama (2009). Oddly enough, Donald Trump&#8217;s inaugural address is not yet listed there.<\/p>\n<p>An analysis of US inaugural speeches is available for download here: <a class=\"gtrackexternal\" href=\"http:\/\/tobias-lib.ub.uni-tuebingen.de\/volltexte\/2008\/3221\/\">History as Salvation History in the Inaugural Addresses of U.S. Presidents . <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I found this on Wikipedia and copied it here in excerpts. It&#8217;s a great overview of political catchphrases. The word &#8220;catchphrase&#8221; in itself is great and unfortunately has no catchy translation. &#8220;Buzzword&#8221; would be it officially. But a &#8220;phrase&#8221; that &#8220;catcht&#8221; I find much more catchy. Source: Wikipedia 20th-century 1900s-1950s &#8220;Speak softly, and carry a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[69,83,58],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2873","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-clear-language","category-inaugural-speeches","category-speeches"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sparkpoint.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2873","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sparkpoint.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sparkpoint.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sparkpoint.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sparkpoint.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2873"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sparkpoint.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2873\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2876,"href":"https:\/\/sparkpoint.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2873\/revisions\/2876"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sparkpoint.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2873"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sparkpoint.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2873"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sparkpoint.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2873"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}