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One of the functions of government is to act as a safeguard not just of property but of our liberties.

William Weld

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William Weld
Age: 79
Born: 1945
Born: July 31
Lawyer
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Smithtown
New York
William F. Weld
William Floyd Weld
William Floyd Bill Weld
William Weld
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We thought for the longest time we might have a chance to run the table because we're such nice guys and centrist party, etcetera, but not getting into the debates really sort of foreclosed that option.
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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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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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Liberals often don't see the problems, and conservatives don't see the promise, of government.
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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'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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Gary Johnson was a strong governor.
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Micro managing anything is not a great role for government.
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I don't understand the Democrats' approach to Social Security in this country, and I'm not alone.
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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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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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My slogan when I ran was that there is no such thing as government money, there is only taxpayer's money, and that cut pretty deep.
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The unemployment rate is still twice as high for blacks as for whites.
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Government has a role as well in what is referred to as redistributive justice.
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So government acts as a safeguard of our property.
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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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Government can contribute to a shared sense of purpose on the part of the citizenry that's its highest and best application.
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I think Hillary Clinton deserves to have people vouch for her other than members of the Democratic National Committee.
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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] just would not be in his element and I think he would wobble off course and I think the country just can't have that.
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