Context

This line is from the folk song "This Land is Your Land" by Woody Guthrie (1945). 

"God Bless America"? Woody Guthrie found that song to be a load of moose poop (our words, not his).

In response to that song, Guthrie wrote "This Land is Your Land," which took on many variations over the years, finally settling on the classic folk ditty we all know today, the one that tells us, "This land was made for you and me."

Where you've heard it

You've heard this line at your local Communist rally, or when people try to come up with a new national anthem that people can actually sing.

Additional Notable References

• JibJab famously parodied the song in 2004, set against the Bush vs. Kerry presidential race.
• This land is your land…unless it's not. Woody Guthrie was a notorious racist, although he apologized later in life.
• The song was used to sell Jeeps in 2015l all the better to pollute the land that is your land, that is our land.
• It's also been used by My Morning Jacket to sell you North Face stuff so you can feel like you're really athletic.
• This song is featured after an Irish jig in the Disney Channel movie "Luck of the Irish."
• The soundtrack to the movie Foxcatcher features a version sung by Bob Dylan.

Pretentious Factor

If you were to drop this quote at a dinner party, would you get an in-unison "awww" or would everyone roll their eyes and never invite you back? Here it is, on a scale of 1-10.

Kumbaya!