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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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Gary Johnson and I have a good platform of having been fiscally conservative and we`re socially inclusive. And that`s different from both the other parties. The voters have a right to see that choice to be fiscally conservative and socially liberal. That doesn`t describe either of the other parties.
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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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The courts are truly the least dangerous of the three branches of our government.
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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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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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Opposing the free flow of goods or people is a bad idea.
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Micro managing anything is not a great role for government.
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I see a big difference between the Republican candidate and the Democratic candidate.
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There are several such issues where I have departed radically from the Republican orthodoxy.
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I dare say that a majority of the American people think that having a fair hearing on an issue of importance in our relations with Mexico is extremely important to our national interest, as well as theirs.
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Much is forgiven anyone who relieves the desperate boredom of the working press.
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I`m an old duck hunter. I like to go hunting where the ducks are. We`re looking for votes. I think maybe poaching some of those soft Donald Trump Republican votes would be the place to go.
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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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Government is never so noble as when it is addressing wrongs.
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Nobody can tell me that no changes are necessary in Washington.
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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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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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I don't understand the Democrats' approach to Social Security in this country, and I'm not alone.
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The best preparation for work is not thinking about work, talking about work, or studying for work: it is work.
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I think government has a major role to play in helping us with the pursuit of happiness.
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