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Gerald Ford: We must not continue drifting in the direction of bigger and bigger government.

On the recordJanuary 20, 1976
We must not continue drifting in the direction of bigger and bigger government.
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Gerald Ford
Republican · Michigan

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Annual Budget Message to the Congress

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