#or

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

#bosses #central #central government #class #entirely

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

#central government #communications #control #daily #daily lives

I have never been an innovator, a creative genius. ↗

— Lawrence Welk

#creative #creative genius #genius #i #innovator

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

— William Weld

#good #government #living #owes #people

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

— William Weld

#citizens #government #had #limit #people

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. ↗

— William Weld

#believed #bunny #each #easter #economic

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. ↗

— William Weld

#american people #dare #extremely #fair #having

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. ↗

— William Weld

#analysis #area #consistent #economic #extend

I think government has a major role to play in helping us with the pursuit of happiness. ↗

— William Weld

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