| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 12639 |
| QUOTATION: | 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. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Grover Cleveland (1837–1908), U.S. Democratic politician, president. Speech, December 17, 1895, to Congress.
On the Venezuelan Boundary Dispute with Great Britain. |
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| | | The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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