Government

Before my tenure, people didn't seem to think that citizens had a right to limit the size of their government.
William Weld
Government
People
Right
I think government has a major role to play in helping us with the pursuit of happiness.
William Weld
Government
Happiness
Play
Pursuit
I think coercive taxation is theft, and government has a moral duty to keep it to a minimum.
William Weld
Government
Duty
Taxation
Theft
Government is never so noble as when it is addressing wrongs.
William Weld
Government
Wrongs
Government has a role as well in what is referred to as redistributive justice.
William Weld
Government
Justice
It's healthy for government to be a kind of moral catalyst, using the bully pulpit of high office.
William Weld
Government
Office
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
Money
Deep
Pretty
Government can contribute to a shared sense of purpose on the part of the citizenry; that's its highest and best application.
William Weld
Government
Purpose
Sense
Micro managing anything is not a great role for government.
William Weld
Government
It's not good for government to tell people that the world owes them a living and that things are free.
William Weld
Government
People
Living
World
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.
William Weld
Government
Liberals
Problems
Promise
One of the functions of government is to act as a safeguard not just of property but of our liberties.
William Weld
Government
Act
Property
Managing people's sex lives is something that I don't think is a good role for government.
William Weld
Government
Sex
People