Who wrote, “A government big enough to give you everything you want, is strong enough to take everything you have."?
Gerald Ford (14 July 1913 – 26 December 2006) , the 38th President of the United States.
"A government big enough to give you everything you want is a government big enough to take from you everything you have.
Presidential address to a joint session of Congress (12 August 1974)
Ford has also been quoted as having made a similar statement many years earlier, as a representative to the US
"If Elected, I Promise…" : Stories and Gems of Wisdom by and About Politicians (1960) p. 193"
Source:
http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Gerald_Ford
These are words of wisdom. These are words to live by.
ReplyDeleteThis is the kind of stuff we should be teaching our kids in school.