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Officeholders are the agents of the people, not their masters.
Grover Cleveland
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Grover Cleveland
Age: 71 †
Born: 1837
Born: March 18
Died: 1908
Died: June 24
24Th U.S. President
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I know that human prejudice - especially that growing out of race and religion - is cruelly inveterate and lasting.
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Being president means leaving one's name in the history book of which few men are authors. It is my fortune to be blessed with a proud name, one that parents will employ for generations to instill the values of honesty, independence, and above all, courage in their sons.
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My greatest trials come through those professing to be near and attached friends, who expect things.
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I have tried so hard to do the right.
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He mocks the people who proposes that the government shall protect the rich and that they in turn will care for the laboring poor.
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The admitted right of a government to prevent the influx of elements hostile to its internal peace and security may not be questioned, even where there is not treaty stipulation on the subject.
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Sensible and responsible women do not want to vote.
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Good ball players make good citizens.
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Once the coffers of the federal government are opened to the public, there will be no shutting them again.
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It is no credit to me to do right. I am never under any temptation to do wrong!
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Above all, tell the truth.
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We will not forget that Liberty has made her home here, nor shall her chosen altar be neglected...A stream of light shall pierce the darkness of ignorance and mans oppression until Liberty enlightens the world.
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Grover Cleveland declined to participate in character attacks on Blaine . When presented with papers which purported to be extremely damaging to Blaine, he grabbed them, tore them up, flung the shreds into the fire, and decreed, The other side can have a monopoly of all the dirt in this campaign.
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Under our scheme of government the waste of public money is a crime against the citizen.
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The wage earner relies upon the ventures of confident and contented capital. This failing him, his condition is without alleviation, for he can neither prey on the misfortune of others nor hoard his labor.
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The lessons of paternalism ought to be unlearned and the better lesson taught that while the people should patriotically and cheerfully support their government, its functions do not include the support of the people.
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What is the use of being elected or re-elected unless you stand for something?
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