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It Is Better To Be Defeated Standing For A High Principle Than To Run By Committing Subterfuge.
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It is better to be defeated standing for a high principle than to run by
committing subterfuge.
-- President Grover Cleveland
Related:
It is better to be defeated on principle than to win on lies. -- Arthur Calwell
Grover Cleveland, though constantly at loggerheads with the Senate, got on better with the House of Representatives.
A popular story circulating during his presidency concerned the night he was roused by his wife crying, "Wake up!...
Grandpa: "Grover Cleveland spanked me on two non-consecutive occassions.
Cleveland was the only President of the US to serve two non-consecutive terms....
Honor lies in honest toil. -- Grover Cleveland
FORTUNE'S FUN FACTS TO KNOW AND TELL: #14 The Baby Ruth candy bar was not named after George Herman "The Babe" Ruth, but after the oldest daughter of President Grover Cleveland.
I have tried so hard to do the right. -Grover Cleveland, 1908.
It is a condition which confronts us--not a theory.
-- Grover Cleveland (1837-1908) -- Annual Message, 1887...
No man has ever yet been hanged for breaking the spirit of the law. -- Grover Cleveland
Party honesty is party expediency.
-- Grover Cleveland (1837-1908) -- Interview in New York Commercial Advertiser, Sept, 19, 1889...