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

Quote by Grover Cleveland

Topics: Grover Cleveland Quotes

I would rather the man who presents something for my consideration subject me to a...

I would rather the man who presents something for my consideration subject me to a...

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...

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...

I would rather the man who presents something for my consideration subject me to a...

I would rather the man who presents something for my consideration subject me to a...

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...

Minds do not act together in public; they simply stick together; and when their private...

Minds do not act together in public; they simply stick together; and when their private...

Your every voter, as surely as your chief magistrate, exercises a public trust.

Your every voter, as surely as your chief magistrate, exercises a public trust.

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.

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

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

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...

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.

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.

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...

Party honesty is party expediency.

Party honesty is party expediency.

Some day I will be better remembered.

Some day I will be better remembered.

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,...

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,...

Star Wars was not a very big part but I enjoyed doing it and I...

Star Wars was not a very big part but I enjoyed doing it and I...

The new information technology... Internet and e-mail... have practically eliminated the physical costs of communications.

The new information technology... Internet and e-mail... have practically eliminated the physical costs of communications.