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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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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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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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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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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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Nobody can tell me that no changes are necessary in Washington.
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The unemployment rate is still twice as high for blacks as for whites.
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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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Much is forgiven anyone who relieves the desperate boredom of the working press.
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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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There are several such issues where I have departed radically from the Republican orthodoxy.
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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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I have come to realize that Jesse Helms stands for everything in politics that is anathema to me.
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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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The best preparation for work is not thinking about work, talking about work, or studying for work: it is work.
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Liberals often don't see the problems, and conservatives don't see the promise, of government.
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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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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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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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Gary Johnson was a strong governor.
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