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Gerald Ford: “We should never forget that a government big enough to give us everything we want is a government big enough to take…”

On the recordApril 9, 1976
We should never forget that a government big enough to give us everything we want is a government big enough to take from us everything we have.
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Gerald Ford
Republican · Michigan

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Remarks and a Question-and-Answer Session at a Public Forum at West Texas State University in Canyon, Texas.

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