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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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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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[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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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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Liberals often don't see the problems, and conservatives don't see the promise, of government.
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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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[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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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 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 coercive taxation is theft, and government has a moral duty to keep it to a minimum.
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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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The courts are truly the least dangerous of the three branches of our government.
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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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We are making our case that we're fiscally responsible and socially inclusive and welcoming. And we think we've got on the merits the best ticket of the three parties, if you will, and so, you know, we'd like to get there.
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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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Donald Trump behaving like a wild man. I mean, I just can`t imagine that people want a human tornado sitting in the oval office.
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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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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 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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