Author: William Weld

Quotes

Liberals often don't see the problems, and conservatives don't see the promise, of government.

Liberals often don't see the problems, and conservatives don't see the promise, of government.

- 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

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

Micro managing anything is not a great role for government.

Micro managing anything is not a great role for 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

Natural resources are so vast that no single individual or business is going to protect them; they don't have an incentive to.

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

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

I think transportation and corrections are not the first two areas that I would go looking for massive change.

I think transportation and corrections are not the first two areas that I would go looking for massive change.

- William Weld

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