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Top 30 William Weld Quotes (2024 Update)

William Weld Quote: “I think coercive taxation is theft, and government has a moral duty to keep it to a minimum.”

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

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William Weld Quote: “The best preparation for work is not thinking about work, talking about work, or studying for work: it is work.”

2. “The best preparation for work is not thinking about work, talking about work, or studying for work: it is work.”

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William Weld Quote: “The courts are truly the least dangerous of the three branches of our government.”

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

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William Weld Quote: “I think government has a major role to play in helping us with the pursuit of happiness.”

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

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William Weld Quote: “One of the functions of government is to act as a safeguard not just of property but of our liberties.”

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

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William Weld Quote: “Micro managing anything is not a great role for government.”

6. “Micro managing anything is not a great role for government.”

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William Weld Quote: “I think transportation and corrections are not the first two areas that I would go looking for massive change.”

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

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William Weld Quote: “There’s no Walter Cronkite to give you the final word each evening.”

8. “There’s no Walter Cronkite to give you the final word each evening.”

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William Weld Quote: “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.”

9. “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.”

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William Weld Quote: “Natural resources are so vast that no single individual or business is going to protect them; they don’t have an incentive to.”

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

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William Weld Quote: “So government acts as a safeguard of our property.”

11. “So government acts as a safeguard of our property.”

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William Weld Quote: “Government can contribute to a shared sense of purpose on the part of the citizenry; that’s its highest and best application.”

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

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William Weld Quote: “Government has a role as well in what is referred to as redistributive justice.”

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

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William Weld Quote: “In the nineteenth century, slavery was the greatest wrong, and government never stood so tall as when it was redressing that wrong.”

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

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William Weld Quote: “We need a complete ban on soft money, which is sort of an enveloping problem, and a ceiling on the amount of money that can be spent on a given race.”

15. “We need a complete ban on soft money, which is sort of an enveloping problem, and a ceiling on the amount of money that can be spent on a given race.”

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William Weld Quote: “Much is forgiven anyone who relieves the desperate boredom of the working press.”

16. “Much is forgiven anyone who relieves the desperate boredom of the working press.”

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William Weld Quote: “Speaking of tax fairness, it was Senator Kerry who voted to increase the income tax on senior citizens on Social Security, earning as little as $32,000 a year.”

17. “Speaking of tax fairness, it was Senator Kerry who voted to increase the income tax on senior citizens on Social Security, earning as little as $32,000 a year.”

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William Weld Quote: “The unemployment rate is still twice as high for blacks as for whites.”

18. “The unemployment rate is still twice as high for blacks as for whites.”

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William Weld Quote: “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.”

19. “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.”

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William Weld Quote: “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.”

20. “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.”

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William Weld Quote: “It’s not good for government to tell people that the world owes them a living and that things are free.”

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

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William Weld Quote: “I have come to realize that Jesse Helms stands for everything in politics that is anathema to me.”

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

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William Weld Quote: “I think the dignity of Congress and the dignity of the country demands something more than merely censure here.”

23. “I think the dignity of Congress and the dignity of the country demands something more than merely censure here.”

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William Weld Quote: “There are several such issues where I have departed radically from the Republican orthodoxy.”

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

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William Weld Quote: “Opposing the free flow of goods or people is a bad idea.”

25. “Opposing the free flow of goods or people is a bad idea.”

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William Weld Quote: “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.”

26. “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.”

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William Weld Quote: “Before my tenure, people didn’t seem to think that citizens had a right to limit the size of their government.”

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

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William Weld Quote: “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.”

28. “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.”

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William Weld Quote: “Government is never so noble as when it is addressing wrongs.”

29. “Government is never so noble as when it is addressing wrongs.”

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William Weld Quote: “It’s healthy for government to be a kind of moral catalyst, using the bully pulpit of high office.”

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

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William Weld Quote: “I suggest to you that increasing the size of America’s economic pie – which can be achieved only if everybody has a seat at the table – is the most important challenge facing our country today.”

31. “I suggest to you that increasing the size of America’s economic pie – which can be achieved only if everybody has a seat at the table – is the most important challenge facing our country today.”

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William Weld Quote: “Liberals often don’t see the problems, and conservatives don’t see the promise, of government.”

32. “Liberals often don’t see the problems, and conservatives don’t see the promise, of government.”

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