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.

Quote by Grover Cleveland

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If it takes the entire army and navy to deliver a postal card in Chicago,...

If it takes the entire army and navy to deliver a postal card in Chicago,...

There is no calamity which a great nation can invite which equals that which follows...

There is no calamity which a great nation can invite which equals that which follows...

Honor lies in honest toil.

Honor lies in honest toil.

When more of the people's sustenance is exacted through the form of taxation than is...

When more of the people's sustenance is exacted through the form of taxation than is...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

I have tried so hard to do right.

I have tried so hard to do right.

If it takes the entire army and navy to deliver a postal card in Chicago,...

If it takes the entire army and navy to deliver a postal card in Chicago,...

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

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

A government for the people must depend for its success on the intelligence, the morality,...

A government for the people must depend for its success on the intelligence, the morality,...

The United States is not a nation to which peace is a necessity.

The United States is not a nation to which peace is a necessity.

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

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

Honor lies in honest toil.

Honor lies in honest toil.

Sometimes I wake at night in the White House and rub my eyes and wonder...

Sometimes I wake at night in the White House and rub my eyes and wonder...

I have tried so hard to do right.

I have tried so hard to do right.

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

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

A truly American sentiment recognizes the dignity of labor and the fact that honor lies...

A truly American sentiment recognizes the dignity of labor and the fact that honor lies...

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

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