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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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Liberals often don't see the problems, and conservatives don't see the promise, of government.
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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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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 Gary Johnson is just in the wrong place trying to be President of the United States. And that`s not a secret. I do not view those other two candidates, Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton the same way. I think very highly of Mrs. Clinton. I think she is very well qualified.
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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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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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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 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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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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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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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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I have come to realize that Jesse Helms stands for everything in politics that is anathema to me.
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In the nineteenth century, slavery was the greatest wrong, and government never stood so tall as when it was redressing that wrong.
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There are several such issues where I have departed radically from the Republican orthodoxy.
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I see a big difference between the Republican candidate and the Democratic candidate.
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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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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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