"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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"There are no adequate substitutes for father, mother, and children bound together in a loving commitment to nurture and protect. No government, no matter how well-intentioned, can take the place of the family in the scheme of things.“
-Gerald R. Ford
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