There is no calamity which a great nation can invite which equals that which follows a supine submission to wrong and injustice and the consequent loss of national self-respect and honor, beneath which are shielded and defended a people’s safety and greatness.
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Grover Cleveland (1837–1908), U.S. Democratic politician, president. Speech, December 17, 1895, to Congress.
On the Venezuelan Boundary Dispute with Great Britain.
