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What do you imagine the American people would think of me if I wasted my time going to the ball game?
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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It is no credit to me to do right. I am never under any temptation to do wrong!
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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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