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Grover Cleveland: “I am decidedly of the opinion that the relations, the duties, and the obligations of subordinates in public employment…”

On the recordJanuary 16, 1889
I am decidedly of the opinion that the relations, the duties, and the obligations of subordinates in public employment should be clearly defined and strictly limited.
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Grover Cleveland
Democratic · New Jersey

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