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Under our scheme of government the waste of public money is a crime against the citizen.
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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New Jersey
Grover Cleveland Jr.
Stephen Grover Cleveland
Stephen Grover Cleveland Jr.
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Stephen G. Cleveland
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