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title: "6 Government Big Enough Quotes by 4 authors"
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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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barry-goldwater/remember-that-a-government-big-enough-to-give-you-everything-you-want/)

[Barry Goldwater](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barry-goldwater/)

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> [A government big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take everything you have.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barry-goldwater/a-government-big-enough-to-give-you-everything-you-want-is-big-enough/)

[Barry Goldwater](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-pilon/madison-understood-that-if-you-want-to-protect-rights-from-government/)

[Roger Pilon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/government-big-enough-to-supply-everything-you-need-is-big-enough-to/)

[Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/i-think-myself-that-we-have-more-machinery-of-government-than-is/)

[Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerald-r-ford/a-government-big-enough-to-give-you-everything-you-want-is-a/)

[Gerald R. Ford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerald-r-ford/)

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