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I have considered the pension list of the republic a roll of honor.
— Grover Cleveland
Though the people support the government; the government should not support the people.
— Grover Cleveland
Good ball players make good citizens.
— Grover Cleveland
In calm water every ship has a good captain.
— Grover Cleveland
The ship of democracy, which has weathered all storms, may sink through the mutiny of those on board.
— Grover Cleveland
No man has ever yet been hanged for breaking the spirit of a law.
— Grover Cleveland
Our citizens have the right to protection from the incompetency of public employees who hold their places solely as the reward of partisan service.
— Grover Cleveland
After an existence of nearly 20 years of almost innocuous desuetude, these laws are brought forth.
— Grover Cleveland
The appointing power of the Pope is treated as a public trust, and not as a personal perquisite.
— Grover Cleveland
In the scheme of our national government, the presidency is preeminently the people's office.
— Grover Cleveland
It is the responsibility of the citizens to support their government. It is not the responsibility of the government to support its citizens.
— Grover Cleveland
A truly American sentiment recognizes the dignity of labor and the fact that honor lies in honest toil.
— Grover Cleveland
The friendliness and charity of our countrymen can always be relied upon to relieve their fellow citizens in misfortune.
— Grover Cleveland
WHATEVER YOU DO, TELL THE TRUTH.
— Grover Cleveland
Public officers are the servants and agents of the people, to execute the laws which the people have made.
— Grover Cleveland
The United States is not a nation to which peace is a necessity.
— Grover Cleveland
A cause worth fighting for is worth fighting for to the end.
— Grover Cleveland
I know that human prejudice - especially that growing out of race and religion - is cruelly inveterate and lasting.
— Grover Cleveland
Men and times change-but principles-never.
— Grover Cleveland
It is a condition which confronts us-not a theory.
— Grover Cleveland
We will not forget that Liberty has here made her home; nor shall her chosen altar be neglected.
— Grover Cleveland
I have a Congress on my hands.
— Grover Cleveland
I'm only waiting for my wife to grow up.
— Grover Cleveland
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.
— Grover Cleveland
Party honesty is party expediency.
— Grover Cleveland
Minds do not act together in public; they simply stick together; and when their private activities are resumed, they fly apart again.
— Grover Cleveland
What, and give him (the batter) a chance to think on my time.
— Grover Cleveland Alexander
A government for the people must depend for its success on the intelligence, the morality, the justice, and the interest of the people themselves.
— Grover Cleveland
Well, my dear fellow what did you expect, champagne?
— Grover Cleveland
Above all, tell the truth.
— Grover Cleveland
I have tried so hard to do right.
— Grover Cleveland
If it takes the entire army and navy to deliver a postal card in Chicago, that card will be delivered.
— Grover Cleveland
Sometimes I wake at night in the White House and rub my eyes and wonder if it is not all a dream.
— Grover Cleveland
Under our scheme of government the waste of public money is a crime against the citizen.
— Grover Cleveland
What do you imagine the American people would think of me if I wasted my time going to the ball game?
— Grover Cleveland
These are days of special perplexity and depression, and the path of public duty is unusually rugged.
— Grover Cleveland
Officeholders are the agents of the people, not their masters.
— Grover Cleveland
It is better to be defeated standing for a high principle than to run by committing subterfuge.
— Grover Cleveland
Patriotism is no substitute for a sound currency.
— Grover Cleveland
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
My greatest trials come through those professing to be near and attached friends, who expect things.
— Grover Cleveland
Some day I will be better remembered.
— Grover Cleveland
I know that I am honest and sincere in my desire to do well; but the question is whether I know enough to accomplish what I desire.
— Grover Cleveland
I have tried so hard to do the right.
— Grover Cleveland
I can find no warrant for such appropriation in the Constitution.
— Grover Cleveland