William Weld Government Quotations

Micro managing anything is not a great role for government.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Managing people's sex lives is something that I don't think is a good role for government.

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

So government acts as a safeguard of our property.