Grover Cleveland quotes

1837–1908 · Caldwell, NJ

When an election to office shall be the selection by the voters of one of their number to assume for a time a public trust instead of his dedication to the profession of politics; when the holders of the ballot, quickened by a sense of duty, shall avenge truth betrayed and pledges broken, and when the suffrage shall be altogether free and uncorrupted, the full realization of a government by the people will be at hand.
VerifiedGrover Cleveland
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Letter to Members of the Notification Committee of the Democratic National Convention Accepting the Presidential Nomination, August 18, 1884
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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.
VerifiedGrover Cleveland
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Inaugural Address, March 4, 1893
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Under our scheme of government the waste of public money is a crime against the citizen, and the contempt of our people for economy and frugality in their personal affairs deplorably saps the strength and sturdiness of our national character.
VerifiedGrover Cleveland
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Inaugural Address, March 4, 1893
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...though the people support the Government the Government should not support the people.
VerifiedGrover Cleveland
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Veto Message (House bill No. 10203, Texas seed-grain relief), February 16, 1887
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