Grover Cleveland quotes

Grover Cleveland was an American politician who served as the 22nd and 24th President of the United States. Known for his honesty and opposition to political corruption, he is the only president to serve two non-consecutive terms. He left a lasting impact on American politics and government. Here are 48 of his quotes:

The ship of Democracy, which has weathered all storms, may sink through the mutiny of those aboard. (Grover Cleveland)
Party honesty is party expediency. View quote
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I have tried so hard to do right. View quote
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Officeholders are the agents of the people, not their masters. View quote
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A truly American sentiment recognizes the dignity of labor and the fact that honor lies in honest toil. View quote
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Public officers are the servants and agents of the people, to execute the laws which the people have made. View quote
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I have considered the pension list of the republic a roll of honor. View quote
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What is the use of being elected or re-elected, unless you stand for something? View quote
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After an existence of nearly 20 years of almost innocuous desuetude, these laws are brought forth. View quote
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Communism is a hateful thing, and a menace to peace and organized government. View quote
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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. (Grover Cleveland)
I'm only waiting for my wife to grow up. View quote
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When more of the people's sustenance is exacted through the form of taxation than is necessary to meet the just obligations of government and expenses of its economical administration, such exaction becomes ruthless extortion and a violation of the fundamental principles of free government. View quote
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A government for the people must depend for its success on the intelligence, the morality, the justice, and the interest of the people themselves. View quote
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Though the people support the government; the government should not support the people. View quote
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Sensible and responsible women do not want to vote. The relative positions to be assumed by man and woman in the working out of our civilization were assigned long ago by a higher intelligence than ours. View quote
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WHATEVER YOU DO, TELL THE TRUTH. View quote
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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. View quote
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The trusts and combinations-the communism of pelf-whose machinations have prevented us from reaching the success we deserved, should not be forgotten nor forgiven. View quote
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The laboring classes constitute the main part of our population. They should be protected in their efforts peaceably to assert their rights when endangered by aggregated capital, and all statutes on this subject should recognize the care of the State for honest toil, and be framed with a view of improving the condition of the workingman. View quote
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Government resting upon the will and universal suffrage of the people has no anchorage except in the people's intelligence. (Grover Cleveland)
I know there is a Supreme Being who rules the affairs of men and whose goodness and mercy have always followed the American people, and I know He will not turn from us now if we humbly and reverently seek His powerful aid. View quote
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Sometimes I wake at night in the White House and rub my eyes and wonder if it is not all a dream. View quote
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It is better to be defeated standing for a high principle than to run by committing subterfuge. View quote
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No man has ever yet been hanged for breaking the spirit of a law. View quote
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