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On the recordMay 28, 1896
I believe no greater danger confronts us as a nation than the unhappy decadence among our people of genuine and trustworthy love and affection for our Government as the embodiment of the highest and best aspirations of humanity.
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Grover Cleveland
Democratic · New Jersey

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