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No, it came from Gerald Ford Address to Congress 1974

6 - Address to a Joint Session of the Congress.

August 12, 1974

Whether we like it or not, the American wage earner and the American housewife are a lot better economists than most economists care to admit. They know that a government big enough to give you everything you want is a government big enough to take from you everything you have.

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