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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

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

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

William Weld

Republican

We need a complete ban on soft money, which is sort of an enveloping problem, and a ceiling on the amount of money that can be spent on a given race.

William Weld

Money

Race

Micro managing anything is not a great role for government.

William Weld

Government

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

William Weld

Wealth

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

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

William Weld

Unemployment

The system that had grown up in most states is that wealthy districts with an affluent population can afford to spend a lot more on their public school systems than the poorer districts.

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

William Weld

Government

So government acts as a safeguard of our property.

William Weld

Government

Property

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

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

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

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Business

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

William Weld

Boredom

Press