William Weld

“Government should be a convenience store, not a big-box department store.”

“I'm a fiscal conservative, but I'm a social liberal.”

“I felt it was my job to get out of the way of the people and let them run their own lives and their own businesses.”

“I want to be the adult in the room.”

“I think the true fiscal-conservative position is to be pro-choice.”

“The government has no business in your bedroom or your wallet.”

“My view on candidates is we should be looking for the most responsible person to be in charge of the nuclear button.”

“A trade war is a race to the bottom.”

“I often describe my own politics as 'heart of a liberal, head of a conservative.'”

“I'm for a woman's right to choose. I'm for gay rights.”