Government big enough to supply you...(Quotation) - Revision history

ABerkes at 19:36, 14 August 2009

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	''' "A government big enough to supply you with everything you need, is a government big enough to take away everything that you have...."'''		''' "A government big enough to supply you with everything you need, is a government big enough to take away everything that you have...."'''

-	We have never found such a statement in Jefferson's writings. As far as we know, this statement actually originates with Gerald R. Ford, who said, "A government big enough to give you everything you want is a government big enough to take from you everything you have," in an address to a joint session of Congress on August 12, 1974.<ref>Suzy Platt, ed., ''Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations Requested from the Congressional Research Service'' (Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, 1989), 140. Available online at http://www.bartleby.com/73/714.html.</ref>	+	We have never found such a statement in Jefferson's writings. As far as we know, this statement actually originates with Gerald R. Ford, who said, "A government big enough to give you everything you want is a government big enough to take from you everything you have," in an address to a joint session of Congress on August 12, 1974.<ref>Suzy Platt, ed., ''Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations Requested from the Congressional Research Service'' (Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, 1989), 140. Available online at http://www.bartleby.com/73/714.html. See the [http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=4694 text of Ford's speech] at the American Presidency Project.</ref>

	This quotation is sometimes followed by, "The course of history shows that as a government grows, liberty decreases," which is most likely a misquotation of Jefferson's comment, "[[The natural progress of things...(Quotation)\|The natural progress of things is for liberty to yeild, and government to gain ground]]."		This quotation is sometimes followed by, "The course of history shows that as a government grows, liberty decreases," which is most likely a misquotation of Jefferson's comment, "[[The natural progress of things...(Quotation)\|The natural progress of things is for liberty to yeild, and government to gain ground]]."

ABerkes at 22:02, 6 March 2009

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	We have never found such a statement in Jefferson's writings. As far as we know, this statement actually originates with Gerald R. Ford, who said, "A government big enough to give you everything you want is a government big enough to take from you everything you have," in an address to a joint session of Congress on August 12, 1974.<ref>Suzy Platt, ed., ''Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations Requested from the Congressional Research Service'' (Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, 1989), 140. Available online at http://www.bartleby.com/73/714.html.</ref>		We have never found such a statement in Jefferson's writings. As far as we know, this statement actually originates with Gerald R. Ford, who said, "A government big enough to give you everything you want is a government big enough to take from you everything you have," in an address to a joint session of Congress on August 12, 1974.<ref>Suzy Platt, ed., ''Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations Requested from the Congressional Research Service'' (Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, 1989), 140. Available online at http://www.bartleby.com/73/714.html.</ref>
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		+	This quotation is sometimes followed by, "The course of history shows that as a government grows, liberty decreases," which is most likely a misquotation of Jefferson's comment, "[[The natural progress of things...(Quotation)\|The natural progress of things is for liberty to yeild, and government to gain ground]]."

	==Footnotes==		==Footnotes==

ABerkes: Government big enough to supply you moved to Government big enough to supply you...(Quotation)

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-	No evidence has ever been found that Jefferson wrote:	+	The following statement, or variations thereof, is often attributed to [[Thomas Jefferson]]:
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	''' "A government big enough to supply you with everything you need, is a government big enough to take away everything that you have...."'''		''' "A government big enough to supply you with everything you need, is a government big enough to take away everything that you have...."'''
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		+	We have never found such a statement in Jefferson's writings. As far as we know, this statement actually originates with Gerald R. Ford, who said, "A government big enough to give you everything you want is a government big enough to take from you everything you have," in an address to a joint session of Congress on August 12, 1974.<ref>Suzy Platt, ed., ''Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations Requested from the Congressional Research Service'' (Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, 1989), 140. Available online at http://www.bartleby.com/73/714.html.</ref>
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	== Further Sources ==		== Further Sources ==

ABerkes at 20:44, 12 March 2008

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-	No evidence has ever been found that Jefferson wrote the following:	+	No evidence has ever been found that Jefferson wrote:
-		+	''' "A government big enough to supply you with everything you need, is a government big enough to take away everything that you have...."'''
-	"A government big enough to supply you with everything you need, is a government big enough to take away everything that you have...."	+

	== Further Sources ==		== Further Sources ==
		+	*Coates, Eyler Robert, Sr. ''The Thomas Jefferson FAQ.'' http://www.geocities.com/Athens/7842/archives/quote031.htm ''A discussion of this particular spurious quotation.''
	* Coates, Eyler Robert, Sr. ''Thomas Jefferson on Politics & Government: Quotations from the Writings of Thomas Jefferson''. [http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/jefferson/quotations/ http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/jefferson/quotations/].		* Coates, Eyler Robert, Sr. ''Thomas Jefferson on Politics & Government: Quotations from the Writings of Thomas Jefferson''. [http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/jefferson/quotations/ http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/jefferson/quotations/].
	* [[Short Title List\|''Jeffersonian Cyclopedia'']].		* [[Short Title List\|''Jeffersonian Cyclopedia'']].

ABerkes at 19:42, 6 March 2008

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-	We do not find this quotation in any of the standard sources available to us.	+	"A government big enough to supply you with everything you need, is a government big enough to take away everything that you have...."

	== Further Sources ==		== Further Sources ==

Anna at 18:27, 18 July 2007

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	We do not find this quotation in any of the standard sources available to us.		We do not find this quotation in any of the standard sources available to us.
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-	--Anna 16:24, 31 May 2007 (EDT)

	== Further Sources ==		== Further Sources ==

Anna: /* Further Sources */

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	* Coates, Eyler Robert, Sr. ''Thomas Jefferson on Politics & Government: Quotations from the Writings of Thomas Jefferson''. [http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/jefferson/quotations/ http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/jefferson/quotations/].		* Coates, Eyler Robert, Sr. ''Thomas Jefferson on Politics & Government: Quotations from the Writings of Thomas Jefferson''. [http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/jefferson/quotations/ http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/jefferson/quotations/].
	* [[Short Title List\|''Jeffersonian Cyclopedia'']].		* [[Short Title List\|''Jeffersonian Cyclopedia'']].
-	* [[Short Title List\|PTJ]].	+	* [[Short Title List\|''PTJ'']].

	[[Category:Spurious Quotations]]		[[Category:Spurious Quotations]]

Anna: /* Further Sources */ added PTJ

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	* Coates, Eyler Robert, Sr. ''Thomas Jefferson on Politics & Government: Quotations from the Writings of Thomas Jefferson''. [http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/jefferson/quotations/ http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/jefferson/quotations/].		* Coates, Eyler Robert, Sr. ''Thomas Jefferson on Politics & Government: Quotations from the Writings of Thomas Jefferson''. [http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/jefferson/quotations/ http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/jefferson/quotations/].
	* [[Short Title List\|''Jeffersonian Cyclopedia'']].		* [[Short Title List\|''Jeffersonian Cyclopedia'']].
		+	* [[Short Title List\|PTJ]].

	[[Category:Spurious Quotations]]		[[Category:Spurious Quotations]]

Anna: /* Further Sources */

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	== Further Sources ==		== Further Sources ==
-	* Coates, Eyler Robert, Sr. Thomas Jefferson on Politics & Government: Quotations from the Writings of Thomas Jefferson. [http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/jefferson/quotations/ http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/jefferson/quotations/].	+	* Coates, Eyler Robert, Sr. ''Thomas Jefferson on Politics & Government: Quotations from the Writings of Thomas Jefferson''. [http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/jefferson/quotations/ http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/jefferson/quotations/].
	* [[Short Title List\|''Jeffersonian Cyclopedia'']].		* [[Short Title List\|''Jeffersonian Cyclopedia'']].

	[[Category:Spurious Quotations]]		[[Category:Spurious Quotations]]