"...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
my how the times have changed
2006-09-23 15:32:46 · 4 answers · asked by rwl_is_taken 5 in Politics & Government ➔ Government
"I can retain neither respect nor affection for a government which has been moving from wrong to wrong in order to defend its immorality."
Mahatma Gandhi
2006-09-23 15:40:02 · update #1
When will some Americans wake up?
2006-09-23 15:41:03 · update #2
This isn't a question but I'll answer it anyway. That quotation is correct. that takes us to the current argument about the Patriot Act. It may keep us safer but it takes away the fuzzy warm feeling we get from our civil liberties.
2006-09-23 15:39:07 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A perfectly efficient, large government is a panacea. Panaceas, however, only exist in the realm of alchemy.
P.S. Whether Gerald Ford believed the sentence he uttered is highly dubious. It sounds more like Reagan--who also grew the federal government (though some would say he was forced to by a Democratic House and sometimes-Democratic Senate).
2006-09-23 15:45:37 · answer #2 · answered by Nate 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Is this a question?
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/americanleftparty/
2006-09-23 15:34:27 · answer #3 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's still true today.
2006-09-23 15:34:25 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋