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I think government has a major role to play in helping us with the pursuit of happiness.

William Weld

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William Weld
Age: 79
Born: 1945
Born: July 31
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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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Government is never so noble as when it is addressing wrongs.
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Opposing the free flow of goods or people is a bad idea.
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Nobody can tell me that no changes are necessary in Washington.
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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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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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There are several such issues where I have departed radically from the Republican orthodoxy.
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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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Speaking of tax fairness, it was Senator Kerry who voted to increase the income tax on senior citizens on Social Security, earning as little as $32,000 a year.
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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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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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Much is forgiven anyone who relieves the desperate boredom of the working press.
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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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There's no Walter Cronkite to give you the final word each evening.
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I suggest to you that increasing the size of America's economic pie - which can be achieved only if everybody has a seat at the table - is the most important challenge facing our country today.
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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 coercive taxation is theft, and government has a moral duty to keep it to a minimum.
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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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We need a complete ban on soft money, which is sort of an enveloping problem, and a ceiling on the amount of money that can be spent on a given race.
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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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