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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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...

Do we believe that there is equal economic opportunity out there in the real world,...

Do we believe that there is equal economic opportunity out there in the real world,...

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.

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

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

We need a complete ban on soft money, which is sort of an enveloping problem,...

We need a complete ban on soft money, which is sort of an enveloping problem,...

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...

My slogan when I ran was that there is no such thing as government money,...

My slogan when I ran was that there is no such thing as government money,...

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 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...

So government acts as a safeguard of our property.

So government acts as a safeguard of our property.

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

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

Micro managing anything is not a great role for government.

Micro managing anything is not a great role for government.

I think transportation and corrections are not the first two areas that I would go...

I think transportation and corrections are not the first two areas that I would go...

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

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

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...

I dare say that a majority of the American people think that having a fair...

I dare say that a majority of the American people think that having a fair...

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.

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...

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

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

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.