Government Big Enough Quotes

6 quotes from 4 authors

When you weigh the trade‑off between liberty and provision, these six voices cut straight to the core. They remind us that a state generous enough to grant every wish can just as easily strip away every asset. If you crave a broader view, check out the Power and Liberty or Civil Rights pages for richer debates.

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Remember that a government big enough to give you everything you want is also big enough to take away everything you have.

Barry Goldwater

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A government big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take everything you have.

Barry Goldwater

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Madison understood that if you want to protect rights from government abuse, you would be wise not to give government the power…

Roger Pilon

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Government big enough to supply everything you need is big enough to take everything you have ... The course of history shows…

Thomas Jefferson

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I think myself that we have more machinery of government than is necessary, too many parasites living on the labor of the…

Thomas Jefferson

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A government big enough to give you everything you want is a government big enough to take from you everything you have.

Gerald R. Ford

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