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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.

William Weld

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William Weld
Age: 79
Born: 1945
Born: July 31
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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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Liberals often don't see the problems, and conservatives don't see the promise, of government.
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People aren't stupid. I mean, people remember in 1990, the unemployment rate was 10 percent. Now it's 4 _ percent. We've got 1/4 million jobs that we've created.
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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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Government is never so noble as when it is addressing wrongs.
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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 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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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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Much is forgiven anyone who relieves the desperate boredom of the working press.
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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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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 government has a major role to play in helping us with the pursuit of happiness.
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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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There are several such issues where I have departed radically from the Republican orthodoxy.
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Opposing the free flow of goods or people is a bad idea.
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So government acts as a safeguard of our property.
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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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