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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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William Weld
Age: 79
Born: 1945
Born: July 31
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Smithtown
New York
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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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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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I think coercive taxation is theft, and government has a moral duty to keep it to a minimum.
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So government acts as a safeguard of our property.
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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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There's no Walter Cronkite to give you the final word each evening.
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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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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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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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I mean that psychologically. I think [Donald Trump] showed in the debates when he encounters criticism or challenge he behaves the way a bully would. He just doesn't take it well.
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I`m a member of Societies of Former World Leaders. And I`ve always been sort of in favor of constructive engagement around the world. And Gary Johnson has influenced me on criminal justice reform. I think I had some influence in discussions with him about the approach to international affairs.
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