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“I can find no warrant for such an appropriation in the Constitution, and I do not believe that the power and duty of the General Government ought to be extended to the relief of individual suffering which is in no manner properly related to the public service or benefit. A prevelent tendency to disregard the limited mission of this power and duty should, I think, be steadfastly resisted, to the end that the lesson should be constantly enforced that
though the people support the Government, the Government should not support the people.
”
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The friendliness and charity of our countrymen can always be relied upon to relieve thier fellow-citizens in misfortune.
This has been repeatedly and quite lately demonstrated. Federal aid in such cases encourages the expectation of
paternal care
on the part of the Government and weakens the sturdiness of our national character, while it prevents the indulgence among our people of that kindly sentiment and conduct which strengthens the bonds of a common brotherhood.”
(
President Grover Cleveland
,
Why The President Said No
,
Essays on Liberty
)
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