Quotes by William Weld

About William Weld:

William Floyd Weld is an American attorney, businessman and Republican politician from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Weld, a moderate Republican, served as the United States Attorney for the District of Massachusetts from 1981 to 1986 and as the head of the Department of Justice Criminal Division from 1986 to 1988.
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I don't understand the Democrats' approach to Social Security in this country, and I'm not alone.

William Weld

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

William Weld

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.

William Weld

I extend that to the abortion issue, I extend that to the so-called gay rights issue, I think this is a freedom principle and consistent with the analysis in the economic area as well.

William Weld

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

William Weld

Liberals often don't see the problems, and conservatives don't see the promise, of government.

William Weld

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

William Weld

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

William Weld

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

William Weld

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

William Weld

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

William Weld

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

William Weld

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

William Weld

Micro managing anything is not a great role for government.

William Weld

So government acts as a safeguard of our property.

William Weld

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.

William Weld

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

William Weld

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

William Weld

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

William Weld

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

William Weld

Author Bio

  • NameWilliam Weld
  • DescriptionAmerican writer
  • BornJuly 31, 1945
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionLawyer; Novelist