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

Quote by Grover Cleveland

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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...

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...

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.

Communism is a hateful thing, and a menace to peace and organized government.

Communism is a hateful thing, and a menace to peace and organized government.

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 lesson should be constantly enforced that though the people support the Government, Government should...

The lesson should be constantly enforced that though the people support the Government, Government should...

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.

Honor lies in honest toil.

Honor lies in honest toil.

I have tried so hard to do right.

I have tried so hard to do right.

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.

I have tried so hard to do right.

I have tried so hard to do right.

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...

Communism is a hateful thing, and a menace to peace and organized government.

Communism is a hateful thing, and a menace to peace and organized government.

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.

Some day I will be better remembered.

Some day I will be better remembered.

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,...

Always write angry letters to your enemies. Never mail them.

Always write angry letters to your enemies. Never mail them.

We use tools such as email, not just as a way to keep in daily...

We use tools such as email, not just as a way to keep in daily...