The final factor, of course, is that Cleveland's conception of the role of the federal government—and, for that matter, the presidency—now seems so antiquated as to be unrecognizable to the average American. Indeed, there have been few presidents in American history so preoccupied with the notion that the government should show no special favor to any one group over another.
-Troy Senik, A Man of Iron: The Turbulent Life and Improbable Presidency of Grover Cleveland
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