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Quote from Grover Cleveland,

"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."



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Grover Cleveland (more quotes by Grover Cleveland or books by/about Grover Cleveland)


(1837-1908) 22nd & 24th US President, mayor and governor in New York state

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In 1887 when vetoing an appropriation to help drought-stricken counties in Texas

Categories:

Authority, Charity, Constitution, Ethics, President, Welfare

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