In a democracy it is idle to praise the virtues of a statesman who can't persuade the public. But we should not judge him entirely by that failure, either. The voters turned against him, after all, for standing firm on the same beliefs he held when they elected him—sound money, freer trade, and limited government interference in the economy. In some sense it was a testimony to his integrity: even at a moment of maximum political peril, Grover Cleveland's principles were not open for bidding.
-Troy Senik, A Man of Iron: The Turbulent Life and Improbable Presidency of Grover Cleveland.
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