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

Quote by Grover Cleveland

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

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

I have tried so hard to do right.

I have tried so hard to do right.

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...

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

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

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...

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.

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.

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.

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,...

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.

He mocks the people who proposes that the government shall protect the rich and that...

He mocks the people who proposes that the government shall protect the rich and that...

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.

Party honesty is party expediency.

Party honesty is party expediency.

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.

Party honesty is party expediency.

Party honesty is party expediency.

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,...

I still get so much fan mail addressed to Carol Brady, and I think a...

I still get so much fan mail addressed to Carol Brady, and I think a...

When you start thinking about taking pictures, sending an e-mail, receiving an e-mail, speaking into...

When you start thinking about taking pictures, sending an e-mail, receiving an e-mail, speaking into...

Sometimes I think itd be awesome to be a Canada Post Mailgirl, walking around all...

Sometimes I think itd be awesome to be a Canada Post Mailgirl, walking around all...