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

— William Weld

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In summary, the Romans were opposed to tyranny in any form; and the feature of government to which they gave the most thought was an elaborate system of checks and balances. ↗

— Robert Welch

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

— William Weld

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

— William Weld

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In a democracy there is a centralization of governmental power in a simple majority. ↗

— Robert Welch

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The word democracy comes from the Greek and means, literally, government by the people. ↗

— Robert Welch

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We have seen a central government promote the power of labor-union bosses, and in turn be supported by that power, until it has become entirely too much a government of and for one class, which is exactly what our Founding Fathers wanted most to prevent. ↗

— Robert Welch

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We have seen a central government taking more and more control over public education, over communications, over transportation, over every detail of our daily lives. ↗

— Robert Welch

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

— William Weld

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

— William Weld

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