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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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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 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 have come to realize that Jesse Helms stands for everything in politics that is anathema to me.
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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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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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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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I think it would be a threat [Donald's Trump presidency] to the conduct of our foreign policy and our position in the world at large.
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It's healthy for government to be a kind of moral catalyst, using the bully pulpit of high office.
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I think Gary Johnson would be capable of being a good chief executive and yes a commander in chief - Aleppo to the contrary, notwithstanding.
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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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Liberals often don't see the problems, and conservatives don't see the promise, of government.
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I talk with Gary [Johnson] every other day, we're on different coasts usually but we keep in touch and - yeah, no I do not agree with that release.
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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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Government is never so noble as when it is addressing wrongs.
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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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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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I think transportation and corrections are not the first two areas that I would go looking for massive change.
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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 the dignity of Congress and the dignity of the country demands something more than merely censure here.
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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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