Under our scheme of government the waste of public money is a crime against the citizen. Grover Cleveland More Quotes by Grover Cleveland More Quotes From Grover Cleveland I can find no warrant for such appropriation in the Constitution. Grover Cleveland warrantsconstitutionpresident Communism is a hateful thing, and a menace to peace and organized government. Grover Cleveland hatefulpresidentialgovernment I have a Congress on my hands. Grover Cleveland congressgovernmenthands Being president means leaving one's name in the history book of which few men are authors. It is my fortune to be blessed with a proud name, one that parents will employ for generations to instill the values of honesty, independence, and above all, courage in their sons. Grover Cleveland honestyblessedbook If you are still in school, do not neglect your grades. Internships and other activities are fine, but when legal employers have to decide who to interview, grades play a big role in determining who makes that cut and who doesn't. Grover Cleveland cuttingplayschool And still the question, What shall be done with our ex-Presidents? is not laid at rest; and I sometimes think Wattersons solution of it, Take them out and shoot them, is worthy of attention. Grover Cleveland It is the duty of those serving the people in public place closely to limit public expenditures to the actual needs of the government economically administered, because this bounds the right of the government to extract tribute from the earnings of labor or the property of the citizen, and because public extravagance begets extravagance among the people. We should never be ashamed of the simplicity and prudential economies which are best suited to the operation of a republican form of government and most compatible with the mission of the American people. Those who are selected for a limited time to manage public affairs are still of the people, and may do much by their example to encourage, consistently with the dignity of their official functions, that plain way of life which among their fellow-citizens aids integrity and promotes thrift and prosperity. Grover Cleveland There is no calamity which a great nation can invite which equals that which follows a supine submission to wrong and injustice and the consequent loss of national self-respect and honor, beneath which are shielded and defended a people's safety and greatness. Grover Cleveland The ship of democracy, which has weathered all storms, may sink through the mutiny of those on board. Grover Cleveland shipthroughdemocracymay I have tried so hard to do right. Grover Cleveland triedrighthard After an existence of nearly 20 years of almost innocuous desuetude, these laws are brought forth. Grover Cleveland afterlawsexistenceyears
