An adequate gold reserve is in all circumstances absolutely essential to the upholding of our public credit and to the maintenance of our high national character.
Grover Cleveland: “An adequate gold reserve is in all circumstances absolutely essential to the upholding of our public credit and to the…”
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Message to Congress on the Need for Action to Restore Confidence in Financial Soundness
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