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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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William Weld
Age: 79
Born: 1945
Born: July 31
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Smithtown
New York
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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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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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I see a big difference between the Republican candidate and the Democratic candidate.
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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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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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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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The unemployment rate is still twice as high for blacks as for whites.
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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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Much is forgiven anyone who relieves the desperate boredom of the working press.
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The courts are truly the least dangerous of the three branches of our 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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I think government has a major role to play in helping us with the pursuit of happiness.
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There are several such issues where I have departed radically from the Republican orthodoxy.
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Liberals often don't see the problems, and conservatives don't see the promise, of government.
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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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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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Gary Johnson was a strong governor.
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I would just say 2016 is a year when voters have to think for themselves and shouldn`t necessarily take it from the Rs and the Ds in Washington. But you have to vote for me because otherwise the other guy might win. That`s not really very substantive.
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Government is never so noble as when it is addressing wrongs.
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