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
Officeholders are the agents of the people, not their masters.
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Honor lies in honest toil.
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
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.
Patriotism is no substitute for a sound currency.
There is no calamity which a great nation can invite which equals that which follows a supine submission to wrong and injustice
In the scheme of our national government, the presidency is preeminently the people's office.
A truly American sentiment recognizes the dignity of labor and the fact that honor lies in honest toil.
It is no credit to me to do right. I am never under any temptation to do wrong!
Sensible and responsible women do not want to vote.
A government for the people must depend for its success on the intelligence, the morality, the justice, and the interest of the people themselves.
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.
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