It’s not good for government to tell people that the world owes them a living and that things are free. – William Weld
Liberals often don’t see the problems, and conservatives don’t see the promise, of government. – William Weld
Government can contribute to a shared sense of purpose on the part of the citizenry; that’s its highest and best application. – William Weld
Do we believe that there is equal economic opportunity out there in the real world, right now, for each and every one of these groups? If we believed in the tooth fairy, if we believed in the Easter Bunny, we might well believe that. – 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. – William Weld
Before my tenure, people didn’t seem to think that citizens had a right to limit the size of their 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. – William Weld
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
I don’t understand the Democrats’ approach to Social Security in this country, and I’m not alone. – William Weld
It’s healthy for government to be a kind of moral catalyst, using the bully pulpit of high office. – William Weld
I think coercive taxation is theft, and government has a moral duty to keep it to a minimum. – William Weld
I think government has a major role to play in helping us with the pursuit of happiness. – William Weld
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
I have come to realize that Jesse Helms stands for everything in politics that is anathema to me. – William Weld
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
I extend that to the abortion issue, I extend that to the so-called gay rights issue, I think this is a freedom principle and consistent with the analysis in the economic area as well. – William Weld
If we have major geographic areas within our continent that have a tremendous lack of economic opportunity, we found that that is going to produce instability _ economic, political and social. – William Weld
One of the functions of government is to act as a safeguard not just of property but of our liberties. – William Weld
There are several such issues where I have departed radically from the Republican orthodoxy. – William Weld
We absolutely have to restrain concentrations of wealth in industry from spoiling the situation for everybody. – William Weld
