"I feel obliged to withhold my approval of the plan to indulge in benevolent and charitable sentiment through the appropriation of public funds... I find no warrant for such an appropriation in the Constitution." | Quote by: | Grover Cleveland
(1837-1908) 22nd & 24th US President, mayor and governor in New York state |
Source: | In 1887 when vetoing an appropriation to help drought-stricken counties in Texas |
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