where and when did the phrase "lest we forget" come from.?
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It is from Rudyard Kipling, around 1910.\n\n"God of our fathers, known of old, Lord of our far-flung battle-line, Beneath whose awful Hand we hold Dominion over palm and pine-- Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet, Lest we forget--lest we forget!"
429943
Not sure but Patton said it in 1943
793676
Sorry you've had such rubbish answers. \n\nI'm usually quite good at this sort of thing, but I'm afraid I can't find any info on the origins of this phrase.\n\nI hope someone more knowledgeable answers you soon!
98950
"Who chose cake?"\n\nIt's exact etymology is unclear but this much is certain: the British coined the phrase. \n\n"The first documented appearance of the term is in 1943, in an small book of British military slang, although sources claim it was used in the RAF throughout World War Two, and was originally a Yorkshire dialect term in use at least since 1914."
723973
"Honi soit qui mal y pense." It's slightly old French for "Shame be [to him] who thinks evil of it." It's the motto of the Order of the Garter.\n\nApparently, there was this dance in the late Middle Ages where a lady's garter (a type of undergarment) fell off her leg. Instead of being embarrassed, the king picket it up, tied it around his arm, and went on. When people questioned, he said, "Shame on you people who think it's something bad." And then he went on to form an order of knights with that motto.
1164170
Someone in a forum wrote that it first came about in the US in a novel in 1921, and was also related to fighter jets in WWI. I don't know how valid this is, but feel free to check it out at the link below.
1143835
“Those that fail to learn from history, are doomed to repeat it.” \n Winston Churchill quotes\n\nbut, i think\n\n “Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it” \n George Santayana said that first\n (1863-1952)
789398
Just in case you didn't catch it when 6 people said the same thing before, the answer to your question is:\n\nthe origin
583894
This has it's origin with the military, and refers to information that is kept secret until individuals with clearance ask for information.\nNow it has filtered down into common language and refers to information kept from public discussion. Also, some just think they're cool if they say it!
592462
this phrase (land of the free because of the brave) is intended to remind americans that the price of maintaining freedom is borne by G.I.'s - men and women that are voluntary enlistees in the armed forces.  it intentionally echoes the final words of the star spangled banner, the US national anthem.\n\nwhat do i win?
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1954 to be precise.\n\nIn fact, here's the irony:  Before 1954 it said "One nation indivisible."\n\nThey then took that beautiful phrase, and chopped it up ("divided" it).\n\nAnd in so doing, they divided our "indivisible" nation in two:\n- People who could say the pledge with sincerity (Christians, Jews, and Muslims).\n- People who could not say the pledge with sincerity (pretty much everybody else).  I.e. you could say it as long as you were just mouthing words.\n\nIn other words they "amended" the Pledge of Allegiance to exclude athiests, agnostics, Buddhists, pagans, etc.   These people are no longer eligible to pledge allegiance to the country.  There is no different version for them ... you either say this is a "nation under God", or ... sorry, you're disqualified.  \n\nI.e. they amended the pledge in 1954 to make it clear that you could no longer be considered a loyal American unless you believed in God.\n\nCould some of the modern divisions in the country, along religious lines, be traced back to this little bit of symbolism?\n\nCan anyone really read the amazingly hateful posts on YA ... Americans expressing open *hatred* of fellow Americans (did I just hear Mark D say "God how I hate you people"?) ... and say we are still "One nation indivisible"?\n\n---\n\n{edit} Mark D ... yes that's precisely my point!  *Both* sides are extremely intolerant of each other, especially on matters of religion, because there is *nothing* more personal or sacred than whether a person chooses to believe, or NOT believe, in God.  That is precisely the POINT of the Establishment Clause.  When the government passes laws declaring that belief in God is part and parcel of declaring yourself a loyal American ... that's what happens.\n\n{edit2} Mark D ... good points.  So we have traded concessions ... so maybe there's hope after all. (Cheers.) :-)
835594
According to Wikipedia, origins of this saying are unknown.......
59333
Uncle Sam is a national personification of the United States dating from the War of 1812. Common folklore holds that his origins trace back to soldiers stationed in upstate New York, who would receive barrels of meat stamped with the initials U.S. The soldiers jokingly referred to it as the initials of the meat supplier, Uncle Samuel Wilson, of Troy, New York. The 87th United States Congress adopted the following resolution on September 15, 1961: "Resolved by the Senate and the House of Representatives that the Congress salutes Uncle Sam Wilson of Troy, New York, as the progenitor of America's National symbol of Uncle Sam." A monument marks his birthplace in Arlington, Massachusetts. However, counter-arguments to this theory have been raised by some (for example, see Cecil Adams' article at The Straight Dope) so the precise origin of the term may never be proven.
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Here:\n\nhttp://www.bernardsboe.com/Cedar-Hill/Linked_pages/grade4/warquotes.htm
639470
This is a references to an old phrase started, not England, but Scottland... the term was mistranslated by the English in the midst of war. The Term was used by the Scottish to bring out their weapons and black axes, the axes weren't really black but that's a different story. In any case... it is now used to mean "Get ready for the worse"
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COOL! i totally forgot! which is weird considering i memorized the line "Remember, remember the 5th of november, the gunpowder treason and plot. i see no reaon that the gunpowder treason should ever be forgot!" that was easy, but i wish i could memorize his "V" speech in the beginning. dude, that was cool.
1170816
This originated in the early 1980s. It is generally regarded as an American expression. This item from the New York newspaper the Syracuse Herald-American, Feb. 1982, which is the earliest version in print that I can find, puts that in some doubt. It's in a piece by Jerry Buck, writing out of Los Angeles, about actress Lauren Tewes