Who originally said:
"A government big enough to give you everything you want is strong enough to take everything you have," or "A government big enough to give you everything you want, is big enough to take everything you have"?
Likely suspects include Thomas Jefferson, Barry Goldwater, and Gerald Ford (Gerald Ford??).
The truth? ... Paul Harvey?
According to the Freakonomics website:
This is usually attributed to Gerald Ford, but researcher Barry Popik has found it earlier, in Paul Harvey’s 1952 book Remember These Things.
Paul Harvey? Rest-of-the-story Paul Harvey? I've always respected him, thought him a wordsmith par excellence, but this quote is even greater than that.
This Freakonomics page also suggests origins for:
"Funny ha-ha, or funny peculiar?"
"Those who can, do. Those who can’t, teach."
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