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Tim Griffin: “A government big enough to give you everything you need is powerful enough to take everything you have.”

On the recordJune 3, 2013
A government big enough to give you everything you need is powerful enough to take everything you have.
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Tim Griffin
Arkansas

Editor's note · Context

Griffin warns about the dangers of a large, unresponsive government.

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