William Weld
William Weld
William Floyd "Bill" Weldis an American attorney, businessman and Libertarian politician who served as a the 68th Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. He is the Libertarian Party's nominee for Vice President of the United States in the 2016 election...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth31 July 1945
CountryUnited States of America
government liberty function
One of the functions of government is to act as a safeguard not just of property but of our liberties.
ideas people flow
Opposing the free flow of goods or people is a bad idea.
government property
So government acts as a safeguard of our property.
senior years income
Speaking of tax fairness, it was Senator Kerry who voted to increase the income tax on senior citizens on Social Security, earning as little as $32,000 a year.
government noble
Government is never so noble as when it is addressing wrongs.
money cutting government
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.
gambling friendly machines
It's completely idiot proof." I told them they've got it all wrong. I want a machine that is "idiot friendly.
easter real believe
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.
issues departed orthodoxy
There are several such issues where I have departed radically from the Republican orthodoxy.
realizing helm anathema
I have come to realize that Jesse Helms stands for everything in politics that is anathema to me.
thinking issues people
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.
government purpose application
Government can contribute to a shared sense of purpose on the part of the citizenry; that's its highest and best application.
thinking government people
Before my tenure, people didn't seem to think that citizens had a right to limit the size of their government.
incentives natural individual
Natural resources are so vast that no single individual or business is going to protect them; they don't have an incentive to.