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William Weld
American Politician
Born: Jul 31, 1945
Country Government Important Never People Think
Related authors: Alexander Hamilton Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Benjamin Franklin Bernie Sanders John F. Kerry Nancy Pelosi Robert Kennedy Shirley Chisholm
I think coercive taxation is theft, and government has a moral duty to keep it to a minimum. William Weld
Government Duty Think Minimum Moral Moral Duty Theft Taxation Keep Coercive
I think government has a major role to play in helping us with the pursuit of happiness. William Weld
Happiness Government Think Pursuit Pursuit Of Happiness Major Major Role Role Us Helping Play
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. William Weld
Year Increase Earning Security Citizens Voted Fairness Senator Senior Senior Citizens Tax Little Social Speaking Who Social Security Income Income Tax Kerry
Liberals often don't see the problems, and conservatives don't see the promise, of government. William Weld
Government Problems Conservatives Liberals Promise See Often
It's not good for government to tell people that the world owes them a living and that things are free. William Weld
Government Good People World Free Owes Living Tell Them Things
Micro managing anything is not a great role for government. William Weld
Government Great Role Micro Managing Anything
Opposing the free flow of goods or people is a bad idea. William Weld
People Free Opposing Bad Bad Idea Free Flow Idea Goods Flow
Government is never so noble as when it is addressing wrongs. William Weld
Government Addressing Never Noble Wrongs
It's healthy for government to be a kind of moral catalyst, using the bully pulpit of high office. William Weld
Government Healthy Pulpit Kind High Moral High Office Catalyst Bully Office Using
Government can contribute to a shared sense of purpose on the part of the citizenry; that's its highest and best application. William Weld
Government Best Sense Citizenry Purpose Highest Part Shared Contribute Application
Before my tenure, people didn't seem to think that citizens had a right to limit the size of their government. William Weld
Government People Before Think Citizens Seem Had Tenure Limit Size Right
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. William Weld
Government Money Taxpayer Ran Slogan Pretty Only Cut Deep Thing
Much is forgiven anyone who relieves the desperate boredom of the working press. William Weld
Desperate Press Boredom Forgiven Anyone Much Working Who
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. William Weld
People Important National Think Relations Our Extremely Say Dare Having Fair Importance Majority Well Issue Hearing Mexico National Interest American Interest American People
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. William Weld
School Spend States System Systems Wealthy Districts More Had Most Lot Up Than Affluent Afford Public Poorer Public School Population Grown Grown-Up
One of the functions of government is to act as a safeguard not just of property but of our liberties. William Weld
Government Property Our Liberties Safeguard Just Act Functions
The courts are truly the least dangerous of the three branches of our government. William Weld
Government Dangerous Three Our Least Courts Truly Branches
Natural resources are so vast that no single individual or business is going to protect them; they don't have an incentive to. William Weld
Business Natural Single Resources Vast Individual Protect Single Individual Going Them Natural Resources Incentive
We absolutely have to restrain concentrations of wealth in industry from spoiling the situation for everybody. William Weld
Wealth Situation Everybody Restrain Absolutely Spoiling Industry
Managing people's sex lives is something that I don't think is a good role for government. William Weld
Government Good People Sex Think Something Role Managing Lives
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. William Weld
Problem Money Complete Spent Given Sort Ban Ceiling Which Race Amount Need Soft
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. William Weld
People Remember Stupid Jobs Percent Rate Got Unemployment Unemployment Rate Mean Mean People Created Now Million

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