A biography for Grover Clevelandhasn’t been written yet.
“A government for the people must depend for its success on the intelligence, the morality, the justice, and the interest of the people themselves.”
“Communism is a hateful thing, and a menace to peace and organized government.”
“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.”
“Party honesty is party expediency.”
“Though the people support the government, the government should not support the people.”
“It is better to be defeated standing for a high principle than to run by committing subterfuge.”
“השתדלתי כל כך לעשות מה שנכון.”
“קרן אור תחדור את חשכת הבורות ודיכוי האדם, עד שהחירות תאיר את העולם.”
“הקומוניזם הוא מלא בשנאה, איום על השלום ועל מוסד הממשלה.”
“נושאי משרות הם משרתי הציבור ולא אדוניו.”
“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.”
“Honor lies in honest toil.”
“Public officers are the servants and agents of the people, to execute the laws which the people have made.”
“He mocks the people who proposes that the government shall protect the rich and that they in turn will care for the laboring poor.”
“Officeholders are the agents of the people, not their masters.”
“I have considered the pension list of the republic a roll of honor.”
“No man has ever yet been hanged for breaking the spirit of a law.”
“The United States is not a nation to which peace is a necessity.”
“A truly American sentiment recognizes the dignity of labor and the fact that honor lies in honest toil.”
“What is the use of being elected or re-elected, unless you stand for something?”