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On the recordMay 24, 1886
I neither believe it to be a duty nor a kindness to the worthy citizens for whose benefit our scheme of pensions was provided to permit the diversion of the nation's bounty to objects not within its scope and purpose.
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Grover Cleveland
Democratic · New Jersey

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