Author: William Weld

Quotes

It's not good for government to tell people that the world owes them a living and that things are free.

It's not good for government to tell people that the world owes them a living and that things are free.

- William Weld

So government acts as a safeguard of our property.

So government acts as a safeguard of our property.

- William Weld

I think government has a major role to play in helping us with the pursuit of happiness.

I think government has a major role to play in helping us with the pursuit of happiness.

- 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

Before my tenure, people didn't seem to think that citizens had a right to limit the size of their government.

Before my tenure, people didn't seem to think that citizens had a right to limit the size of their 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

Government has a role as well in what is referred to as redistributive justice.

Government has a role as well in what is referred to as redistributive justice.

- William Weld

Micro managing anything is not a great role for government.

Micro managing anything is not a great role for government.

- 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

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