Grover Cleveland
Grover Cleveland
Stephen Grover Clevelandwas the 22nd and 24th President of the United States. He was the winner of the popular vote for president three times – in 1884, 1888, and 1892 – and was one of the three Democratsto serve as president during the era of Republican political domination dating from 1861 to 1933. He is the only President in American history to serve two non-consecutive terms in office...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionUS President
Date of Birth18 March 1837
CountryUnited States of America
It is better to be defeated standing for a high principle than to run by committing subterfuge.
Every citizen owes to the country a vigilant watch and close scrutiny of its public servants and a fair and reasonable estimate of their fidelity.
I would rather the man who presents something for my consideration subject me to a zephyr of truth and a gentle breeze of responsibility rather than blow me down with a curtain of hot wind.
No investment on earth is so safe, so sure, so certain to enrich its owners as undeveloped realty. I always advise my friends to place their savings in realty near a growing city. There is no such savings bank anywhere.
WHATEVER YOU DO, TELL THE TRUTH.
He mocks the people who proposes that the government shall protect the rich and that they in turn will care for the laboring poor.
No man has ever yet been hanged for breaking the spirit of a law.
The paramount duty of maintaining public order and defending the interests of our own people may require the adoption of measures of restriction, but they should not tolerate the oppression of individuals of a special race.
Above all, tell the truth.
And let us not trust to human effort alone, but humbly acknowledging the power and goodness of Almighty God, who presides over the destiny of nations, and who has at all times been revealed in our country's history, let us invoke His aid and His blessings upon our labors.
Public officers are the servants and agents of the people, to execute the laws which the people have made.
A cause worth fighting for is worth fighting for to the end.
Sometimes I wake at night in the White House and rub my eyes and wonder if it is not all a dream.
In calm water every ship has a good captain.