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Government is never so noble as when it is addressing wrongs.

William Weld

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William Weld
Age: 79
Born: 1945
Born: July 31
Lawyer
Novelist
Politician
Smithtown
New York
William F. Weld
William Floyd Weld
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In the nineteenth century, slavery was the greatest wrong, and government never stood so tall as when it was redressing that wrong.
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The unemployment rate is still twice as high for blacks as for whites.
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Micro managing anything is not a great role for government.
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I extend that to the abortion issue, I extend that to the so-called gay rights issue, I think this is a freedom principle and consistent with the analysis in the economic area as well.
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One of the functions of government is to act as a safeguard not just of property but of our liberties.
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There's no Walter Cronkite to give you the final word each evening.
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I suggest to you that increasing the size of America's economic pie - which can be achieved only if everybody has a seat at the table - is the most important challenge facing our country today.
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[Donald Trump] would be chaos for the country, I think.
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Managing people's sex lives is something that I don't think is a good role for government.
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[Donald Trump] doesn't deal well with criticism and blame and I don't think he could competently manage the office of the presidency given the criticism and challenge that you face every single day as the President of the United States.
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People aren't stupid. I mean, people remember in 1990, the unemployment rate was 10 percent. Now it's 4 _ percent. We've got 1/4 million jobs that we've created.
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We're getting to the point where we're impinging on democratic institutions in this country and I think, you know, it takes a certain - not a suspension of disbelief - but willingness to go along with other people to get the ship of state going forward. I'm not sure that happens in a [Donald] Trump presidency, frankly.
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The system that had grown up in most states is that wealthy districts with an affluent population can afford to spend a lot more on their public school systems than the poorer districts.
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I've been at some pains to say that I fear for the country if Mr.[DonALD] Trump should be elected. I think it's a candidacy without any parallel that I can recall.
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I have come to realize that Jesse Helms stands for everything in politics that is anathema to me.
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Gary Johnson was a strong governor.
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Much is forgiven anyone who relieves the desperate boredom of the working press.
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I mean that psychologically. I think [Donald Trump] showed in the debates when he encounters criticism or challenge he behaves the way a bully would. He just doesn't take it well.
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Government can contribute to a shared sense of purpose on the part of the citizenry that's its highest and best application.
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