William Weld Quotes

We don't want a busybody government - a boss - that butts into our lives every chance it gets to tell us how to work, how to play, where to live and on and on.

This administration in Washington that's in power now clearly believes that government is not only the answer to every need, but it's the most qualified to make the most central decisions for every American in every area.

What we have to do is strike a balance between the idea that government shall do everything and the idea that government shall do nothing.

I would prefer the [USA] government to be the policeman and not the businessman.

They think that the cure to big government is to have bigger government... the only effective cure is to reduce the scope of government - get government out of the business.

I'm a Democrat, and there are an important group of things only the government can do. But let us be clear that for most of the world, what they most need is less government.

We should distinguish carefully skepticism about Big Government from contempt for all government.

I'm not a complete libertarian. There is a proper role in some areas of the government to have rules and regulations - I'm not an anarchist.

It's easier to sell cotton candy than it is to sell broccoli to somebody, but the broccoli is better for you, and the same thing with a limited government.

I believe that smaller government is better government. But I also believe that in the areas where government does play a legitimate role, we should demand that it is done better.

Obama is trying to paint us as a caricature, as if we're some bizarre individualists who are hardcore libertarians. It's a false dichotomy and intellectually lazy. Of course we believe in government. We think government should do what it does really well, but that it has limits.

Government's role should be only to keep the playing field level, and to work hand in hand with business on issues such as employment. But beyond this, to as great an extent as possible, it should get the hell out of the way.

All's the government should do is keep the taxes and regulations at a manageable rate, keep a decent standing army and get out of the way.

Government 'help' to business is just as disastrous as government persecution... the only way a government can be of service to national prosperity is by keeping its hands off.

I certainly believe in limited government but protecting children against injury abuse is certainly inside my sphere of things that the government should do.

Government works less efficiently when it begins to grow out of control and takes on more and more of the responsibilities that belong to the citizens.

Mystical references to society and its programs to help may warm the hearts of the gullible but what it really means is putting more power in the hands of bureaucrats.

Many Americans simply don't want the pinheads in Washington or the various state capitals to be telling us how to live. But we are absolutely going in that direction. President Obama is hell-bent on imposing a bureaucracy that levels all playing fields at great expense in coin and in freedom.

I believe that government is too large, costs too much, spends too much, and has too much regulatory power in our lives.

I don’t want to eliminate government. I just want to shrink it down to the size that you can drag it into the bathroom and drown it in the tub.

Somehow liberals have been unable to acquire from birth what conservatives seem to be endowed with at birth: namely, a healthy skepticism of the powers of government to do good.

A government role in our society should be inherently suspect …. There is something inherently coercive in the nature of government.

I don’t want to kill the government. I just want to shrink it down to a small enough size that I can flush it down the toilet.

Can government really be active and, at the same time, limited? History suggests otherwise.

It’s a big country; it needs a lot of regulation.