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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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William Weld
Age: 79
Born: 1945
Born: July 31
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Gary Johnson and I have a good platform of having been fiscally conservative and we`re socially inclusive. And that`s different from both the other parties. The voters have a right to see that choice to be fiscally conservative and socially liberal. That doesn`t describe either of the other parties.
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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 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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I see a big difference between the Republican candidate and the Democratic candidate.
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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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So government acts as a safeguard of our property.
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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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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 speak for all citizens of the Commonwealth when we say that society can draw great hope for the future because of the example which these young people are giving by their creative and constructive responses to the challenges which confront our communities and dedication to help those most in need.
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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 dare say that a majority of the American people think that having a fair hearing on an issue of importance in our relations with Mexico is extremely important to our national interest, as well as theirs.
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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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There are several such issues where I have departed radically from the Republican orthodoxy.
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Micro managing anything is not a great role for government.
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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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There's no Walter Cronkite to give you the final word each evening.
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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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Liberals often don't see the problems, and conservatives don't see the promise, of government.
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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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[Donald Trump] would be chaos for the country, I think.
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