The laboring classes constitute the main part of our population. They should be protected in their efforts peaceably to assert their rights when endangered by aggregated capital, and all statutes on this subject should recognize the care of the State for honest toil, and be framed with a view of improving the condition of the workingman.


Letter accepting the nomination for governor of New York (October 1882); later quoted in his letter to the Democratic National Convention (18 August 1884).

Grover Cleveland Quotes

The laboring classes constitute the main part of our population. They should be protected in their efforts peaceably to assert their rights when...

The laboring classes constitute the main part of our population. They should be protected in their efforts peaceably to assert their rights when...

The laboring classes constitute the main part of our population. They should be protected in their efforts peaceably to assert their rights when...

The laboring classes constitute the main part of our population. They should be protected in their efforts peaceably to assert their rights when...