I feel obliged to withhold my approval of the plan to indulge in benevolent and charitable sentiment through the appropriation of public funds ... I find no warrant for such an appropriation in the Constitution. — Grover Cleveland Copy Share Image
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… — Grover Cleveland Copy Share Image
I have considered the pension list of the republic a roll of honor. — Grover Cleveland Copy Share Image
It is no credit to me to do right. I am never under any temptation to do wrong! — Grover Cleveland Copy Share Image
I can find no warrant for such an appropriation in the Constitution, and I do not believe that the power and duty of the… — Grover Cleveland Copy Share Image
Communism is a hateful thing, and a menace to peace and organized government. — Grover Cleveland Copy Share Image
A man of true honor protects the unwritten word which binds his conscience more scrupulously, if possible, than he does the bond a breach of which subjects him to legal liabilities, and the United States, in aiming to maintain itself as one of the most enlightened nations, would do its citizens gross injustice if it applied to its international relations… — Grover Cleveland Copy Share
Under our scheme of government the waste of public money is a crime against the citizen. — Grover Cleveland Copy Share Image
If you are still in school, do not neglect your grades. Internships and other activities are fine, but when legal employers have to decide… — Grover Cleveland Copy Share Image
A truly American sentiment recognizes the dignity of labor and the fact that honor lies in honest toil. — Grover Cleveland Copy Share Image
I would rather the man who presents something for my consideration subject me to a zephyr of truth and a gentle breeze of responsibility… — Grover Cleveland Copy Share Image
No man has ever yet been hanged for breaking the spirit of a law. — Grover Cleveland Copy Share Image
