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

Quote by William Weld

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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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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.

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.

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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.

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 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.