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William Weld Quotes

American - Politician | July 31, 1945 -

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

Government Property Act Just Our

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

Government Never Noble Wrongs

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

Government Slavery Wrong Never Tall

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

Government Dangerous Three Branches

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

Happiness Government Think Play Role

There are several such issues where I have departed radically from the Republican orthodoxy.

Republican Where Issues Departed

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

Business Protect Resources Single

We absolutely have to restrain concentrations of wealth in industry from spoiling the situation for everybody.

Wealth Situation Industry Absolutely

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

Government Moral Healthy Kind Office

Government can contribute to a shared sense of purpose on the part of the citizenry; that's its highest and best application.

Best Purpose Government Sense Part

I think coercive taxation is theft, and government has a moral duty to keep it to a minimum.

Government Think Moral Duty Theft

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

Government People Think Size Limit

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