G

Grover Cleveland

9 quotes

Grover Cleveland is one of those voices you encounter and immediately want to hear more from. Grover Cleveland's observations on Government are as sharp as their thoughts on Politics, revealing genuine breadth of mind. 15 of Grover Cleveland's sharpest quotes live here, spanning themes of Government, Politics, Peace, Intelligence, and Women. A favorite of many readers: "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 in honest toil.”

— Grover Cleveland

History

All Quotes by Grover Cleveland

“The lesson should be constantly enforced that though the people support the Government, Government should not support the people.”

— Grover Cleveland

Government

“Though the people support the government the government should not support the people.”

— Grover Cleveland

Government

“A truly American sentiment recognizes the dignity of labor and the fact that honor lies in honest toil.”

— Grover Cleveland

History

“I know there is a Supreme Being who rules the affairs of men and whose goodness and mercy have always followed the American people, and I know He will not turn from us now if we humbly and reverently seek His powerful aid.”

— Grover Cleveland

Men

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

— Grover Cleveland

Government

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

— Grover Cleveland

Politics

“A government for the people must depend for its success on the intelligence, the morality, the justice, and the interest of the people themselves.”

— Grover Cleveland

Government

“Sensible and responsible women do not want to vote. The relative positions to be assumed by man and woman in the working out of our civilization were assigned long ago by a higher intelligence than ours.”

— Grover Cleveland

Intelligence

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

— Grover Cleveland

Peace