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Government has to be cut back like asparagus... every day... or it gets away and goes to seed. Ours did. When there's too much of it, the flower becomes a weed.
Paul Harvey
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"Government has to be cut back like asparagus... every day... or it gets away and goes to seed. Ours did. When there's too much of it, the flower becomes a weed."
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Government has to be cut back like asparagus... every day... or it gets away and goes to seed. Ours did. When there's too much of it, the flower becomes a weed. — Paul Harvey

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Paul Harvey was a Journalist from Australia (1950–present).

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Who said "Government has to be cut back like asparagus... every day... or it gets away an…"?
This quote is attributed to Paul Harvey, a Journalist from Australia.
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Paul Harvey lived from 1950 – present.
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