William Weld Quotes

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

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

So government acts as a safeguard of our property.

I think the dignity of Congress and the dignity of the country demands something more than merely censure here.

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

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.

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.

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.

I dare say that a majority of the American people think that having a fair hearing on an issue of importance in our relations with Mexico is extremely important to our national interest, as well as theirs.

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

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

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

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

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

People aren't stupid. I mean, people remember in 1990, the unemployment rate was 10 percent. Now it's 4 _ percent. We've got 1/4 million jobs that we've created.

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

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

I have come to realize that Jesse Helms stands for everything in politics that is anathema to me.

I don't understand the Democrats' approach to Social Security in this country, and I'm not alone.

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

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

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