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The lessons of paternalism ought to be unlearned and the better lesson taught that while the people should patriotically and cheerfully support their government, its functions do not include the support of the people.

— Grover Cleveland

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

Public officers are the servants and agents of the people, to execute the laws which the people have made.

Government resting upon the will and universal suffrage of the people has no anchorage except in the people's intelligence.

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I have considered the pension list of the republic a roll of honor.

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