The paramount duty of maintaining public order and defending the interests of our own people may require the adoption of measures of restriction, but they should not tolerate the oppression of individuals of a special race.
Grover ClevelandAt times like the present, when the evils of unsound finance threaten us, the speculator may anticipate a harvest gathered from the misfortune of others, the capitalist may protect himself by hoarding or may even find profit in the fluctuations of values; but the wage earner - the first to be injured by a depreciated currency and the last to receive the benefit of its correction - is practically defenseless.
Grover ClevelandIf it takes the entire army and navy to deliver a postal card in Chicago, that card will be delivered.
Grover ClevelandPublic officers are the servants and agents of the people, to execute the laws which the people have made.
Grover Cleveland