One of the functions of government is to act as a safeguard not just of property but of our liberties.
From William Weld
Government is never so noble as when it is addressing wrongs.
In the nineteenth century, slavery was the greatest wrong, and government never stood so tall as when it was redressing that wrong.
The courts are truly the least dangerous of the three branches of our government.
I think government has a major role to play in helping us with the pursuit of happiness.
There are several such issues where I have departed radically from the Republican orthodoxy.
Natural resources are so vast that no single individual or business is going to protect them; they don't have an incentive to.
We absolutely have to restrain concentrations of wealth in industry from spoiling the situation for everybody.
It's healthy for government to be a kind of moral catalyst, using the bully pulpit of high office.
Government can contribute to a shared sense of purpose on the part of the citizenry; that's its highest and best application.
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