Quotes by Grover Cleveland

About Grover Cleveland:

Stephen Grover Cleveland is the only President in American history to serve two non-consecutive terms in office.
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A truly American sentiment recognizes the dignity of labor and the fact that honor lies in honest toil.

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

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.

Grover Cleveland

No man has ever yet been hanged for breaking the spirit of a law.

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I have considered the pension list of the republic a roll of honor.

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Minds do not act together in public; they simply stick together; and when their private activities are resumed, they fly apart again.

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Officeholders are the agents of the people, not their masters.

Grover Cleveland

The ship of democracy, which has weathered all storms, may sink through the mutiny of those on board.

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After an existence of nearly 20 years of almost innocuous desuetude, these laws are brought forth.

Grover Cleveland

It is better to be defeated standing for a high principle than to run by committing subterfuge.

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Public officers are the servants and agents of the people, to execute the laws which the people have made.

Grover Cleveland

I have tried so hard to do right.

Grover Cleveland

Some day I will be better remembered.

Grover Cleveland

What is the use of being elected or re-elected, unless you stand for something?

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We will not forget that Liberty has here made her home; nor shall her chosen altar be neglected.

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A cause worth fighting for is worth fighting for to the end.

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These are days of special perplexity and depression, and the path of public duty is unusually rugged.

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I am President of all the people, good, bad, or indifferent, and as long as my opinions are known, ought perhaps to keep myself out of their squabbles.

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He mocks the people who proposes that the government shall protect the rich and that they in turn will care for the laboring poor.

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Though the people support the government, the government should not support the people.

Grover Cleveland

Author Bio

  • NameGrover Cleveland
  • Description22nd and 24th president of the United States
  • AliasesGrover Cleveland Jr.; Stephen Grover Cleveland; Stephen Grover Cleveland Jr.
  • BornMarch 18, 1837
  • DiedJune 24, 1908
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionPolitician; Lawyer