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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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It's not good for government to tell people that the world owes them a living and that things are free.
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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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You know in fairness Gary [Johnson] and I have not agreed on a number of substantive issues in this campaign, tax policy, we've had some influence on each other, I think I've had some influence on him, on constructive engagement around the world, he's had some influence on me in criminal justice reform issues.
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I think Hillary Clinton deserves to have people vouch for her other than members of the Democratic National Committee.
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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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We thought for the longest time we might have a chance to run the table because we're such nice guys and centrist party, etcetera, but not getting into the debates really sort of foreclosed that option.
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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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I think the dignity of Congress and the dignity of the country demands something more than merely censure here.
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There's no Walter Cronkite to give you the final word each evening.
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If we have major geographic areas within our continent that have a tremendous lack of economic opportunity, we found that that is going to produce instability economic, political and social.
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It's completely idiot proof. I told them they've got it all wrong. I want a machine that is idiot friendly.
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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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[Donald Trump] just would not be in his element and I think he would wobble off course and I think the country just can't have that.
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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 in the real world that's probably correct. That would give federal matching funds. It would mean no more ballot access woes.
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I`m a member of Societies of Former World Leaders. And I`ve always been sort of in favor of constructive engagement around the world. And Gary Johnson has influenced me on criminal justice reform. I think I had some influence in discussions with him about the approach to international affairs.
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Natural resources are so vast that no single individual or business is going to protect them they don't have an incentive to.
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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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Do we believe that there is equal economic opportunity out there in the real world, right now, for each and every one of these groups? If we believed in the tooth fairy, if we believed in the Easter Bunny, we might well believe that.
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My slogan when I ran was that there is no such thing as government money, there is only taxpayer's money, and that cut pretty deep.
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