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

Quote by William Weld

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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 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...

Government can contribute to a shared sense of purpose on the part of the citizenry;...

Government can contribute to a shared sense of purpose on the part of the citizenry;...

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.

One of the functions of government is to act as a safeguard not just of...

One of the functions of government is to act as a safeguard not just of...

Micro managing anything is not a great role for government.

Micro managing anything is not a great role for government.

Natural resources are so vast that no single individual or business is going to protect...

Natural resources are so vast that no single individual or business is going to protect...

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

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

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...

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.

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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.

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...

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...

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...

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

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