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Before my tenure, people didn't seem to think that citizens had a right to limit the size of their government.

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William Weld
Age: 79
Born: 1945
Born: July 31
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I think Gary Johnson was probably expressing frustration at a series of pop quizzes. He actually was more authoritative on what to do in Syria before the Aleppo moment than any of the other candidates. And I think he called it about right. There is too many different rebel groups there. And it`s a terribly confused situation.
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I think transportation and corrections are not the first two areas that I would go looking for massive change.
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[Donald Trump] would be chaos for the country, I think.
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