 Public officers are the servants and agents of the people to execute laws which the people have made, and within the limits of a constitution which they have established. Hence the interference of officials of any degree, and whether state or federal,...  Life and Public Services of Grover Cleveland - Page 105by Pendleton King - 1884 - 224 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Mottoes - 1896 - 1224 pages
...magistracy, though merely such, is a great trust. o. BURKE — Reflections on the Revolution in France. Public officers are the servants and agents of the...limits of a constitution which they have established. p. GROVER CLEVELAND — Letter of Acceptance as Candidate for Governor. Oct. 7, 1882. See WO STODDAHD'S... | |
 | Quotations - 1906 - 810 pages
...Indolence, i, 6 1And love th' offender, yet detest th' offence, POPE, Eloiaa to Abflard, line 192 2 Public officers are the servants and agents of the...limits of a constitution which they have established, — GEOVEE CLEVELAND, Letter Accepting Nomination for Governor, Oct, 7, 1882 Old. — The old tree... | |
 | Grover Cleveland - Presidents - 1908 - 620 pages
...put their hands to the machinery of government, and in this place should be found the manifestations of the popular will. When by fraud, intimidation,...should not be tolerated. . Subordinates in public place should be selected and retained for their efficiency, and not because they may be used to accomplish... | |
 | De Alva Standwood Alexander - New York (State) - 1909 - 592 pages
..." uncontaminated and fairly conducted " ; condemned the interference of " officials of any degree, State or Federal, for the purpose of thwarting or controlling the popular wish " ; favoured tenure of office in the civil service being dependent upon " ability and merit " ; and... | |
 | Charles Austin Beard, William Chandler Bagley - United States - 1920 - 462 pages
...maxims that have been cherished ever since his day. Chief among them may be mentioned the following : " Public officers are the servants and agents of the people to execute the laws which the people have made." " Your every voter, as surely as your chief magistrate . . .... | |
 | Speeches, addresses, etc - 1924 - 322 pages
...look forward and not back, To look out and not in, — and To lend a hand. — Edward Everett Hale. pUBLIC officers are the servants and agents of the...limits of a constitution which they have established. — Grover Cleveland. 'T'HE President . . . should strive to •*• be always mindful of the fact... | |
 | Civil service - 1924 - 314 pages
...trust." In accepting the nomination as Governor of New York, he had phrased the idea even more clumsily: "Public officers are the servants and agents of the...limits of a constitution which they have established." William C. Hudson, a well known reporter, who had been asked to embody in a campaign document the outstanding... | |
 | Robert McNutt McElroy - Clevel, Grover, Press.U.S., 1837-1908 - 1923 - 820 pages
...trust." In accepting the nomination as Governor of New York, he had phrased the idea even more clumsily: "Public officers are the servants and agents of the...limits of a constitution which they have established." Clearly none of these sentences could serve as a headline. Therefore, writes Hudson, "I went at the... | |
 | Democracy - 1941 - 120 pages
...fact that fanaticism armed with power is the sorest evil that can befall a nation.—Historic saying. Public officers are the servants and agents of the people, to execute the laws which the people have made.—drover Cleveland (1882). Suffrage The elective franchise, if... | |
 | United States. Office of Education - Education - 1942 - 678 pages
...that fanaticism armed with power is the sorest evil that can befall a nation. — Historic saying. Public officers are the servants and agents of the people, to execute the laws which the people have made. — Graver Cleveland (1882). Suffrage The elective franchise,... | |
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