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The appointing power of the Pope is treated as a public trust, and not as a personal perquisite.
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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Caldwell
New Jersey
Grover Cleveland Jr.
Stephen Grover Cleveland
Stephen Grover Cleveland Jr.
S. Grover Cleveland
Stephen G. Cleveland
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My greatest trials come through those professing to be near and attached friends, who expect things.
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If it takes the entire army and navy to deliver a postal card in Chicago, that card will be delivered.
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It is said that the quality of recent immigration is undesirable. The time is quite within recent memory when the same thing was said of immigrants who, with their descendants, are now numbered among our best citizens.
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Above all, tell the truth.
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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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I have tried so hard to do the right.
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What is the use of being elected or re-elected unless you stand for something?
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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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The United States is not a nation to which peace is a necessity.
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