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It's healthy for government to be a kind of moral catalyst, using the bully pulpit of high office.

William Weld

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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 think Gary Johnson was probably expressing frustration at a series of pop quizzes. He actually was more authoritative on what to do in Syria before the Aleppo moment than any of the other candidates. And I think he called it about right. There is too many different rebel groups there. And it`s a terribly confused situation.
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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 think coercive taxation is theft, and government has a moral duty to keep it to a minimum.
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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 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 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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I have come to realize that Jesse Helms stands for everything in politics that is anathema to me.
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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 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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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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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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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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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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I see a big difference between the Republican candidate and the Democratic candidate.
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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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I think transportation and corrections are not the first two areas that I would go looking for massive change.
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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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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 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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