Author: William Weld

Quotes

Government is never so noble as when it is addressing wrongs.

Government is never so noble as when it is addressing wrongs.

- William Weld

It's healthy for government to be a kind of moral catalyst, using the bully pulpit of high office.

It's healthy for government to be a kind of moral catalyst, using the bully pulpit of high office.

- William Weld

In the nineteenth century, slavery was the greatest wrong, and government never stood so tall as when it was redressing that wrong.

In the nineteenth century, slavery was the greatest wrong, and government never stood so tall as when it was redressing that wrong.

- William Weld

I don't understand the Democrats' approach to Social Security in this country, and I'm not alone.

I don't understand the Democrats' approach to Social Security in this country, and I'm not alone.

- William Weld

I have come to realize that Jesse Helms stands for everything in politics that is anathema to me.

I have come to realize that Jesse Helms stands for everything in politics that is anathema to me.

- William Weld

So government acts as a safeguard of our property.

So government acts as a safeguard of our property.

- William Weld

Micro managing anything is not a great role for government.

Micro managing anything is not a great role for government.

- William Weld

The courts are truly the least dangerous of the three branches of our government.

The courts are truly the least dangerous of the three branches of our government.

- William Weld

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

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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