On the recordApril 9, 1976
We must 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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presidency.ucsb.eduGerald Ford: “We must never forget that a government big enough to give us everything we want is a government big enough to take from…”
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Remarks and a Question-and-Answer Session at the Annual Convention of the Texas Grain and Feed Association in El Paso.
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