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

Quote by William Weld

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Micro managing anything is not a great role for government.

Micro managing anything is not a great role for government.

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.

I don't understand the Democrats' approach to Social Security in this country, and I'm not...

I don't understand the Democrats' approach to Social Security in this country, and I'm not...

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

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

Managing people's sex lives is something that I don't think is a good role for...

Managing people's sex lives is something that I don't think is a good role for...

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

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

The system that had grown up in most states is that wealthy districts with an...

The system that had grown up in most states is that wealthy districts with an...

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.

So government acts as a safeguard of our property.

So government acts as a safeguard of our property.

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

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

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

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

If we have major geographic areas within our continent that have a tremendous lack of...

If we have major geographic areas within our continent that have a tremendous lack of...

I extend that to the abortion issue, I extend that to the so-called gay rights...

I extend that to the abortion issue, I extend that to the so-called gay rights...

Before my tenure, people didn't seem to think that citizens had a right to limit...

Before my tenure, people didn't seem to think that citizens had a right to limit...

I suggest to you that increasing the size of America's economic pie - which can...

I suggest to you that increasing the size of America's economic pie - which can...

In the nineteenth century, slavery was the greatest wrong, and government never stood so tall...

In the nineteenth century, slavery was the greatest wrong, and government never stood so tall...

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

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

I have come to realize that Jesse Helms stands for everything in politics that is...

I have come to realize that Jesse Helms stands for everything in politics that is...

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

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

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

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