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他被人认为是独立、诚实的总统,他在反腐败、反政党分赃等方面作了贡献,但也镇压工人罢工,否决过一些例如给灾民分发种子等的福利法案,还否决了照顾内战老兵的法案。对外,他反对扩张,实行孤立主义。他在当选前是一位律师,卸任后,他还在一家人寿保险公司供职。
Some of Cleveland's actions caused controversy even within his own party. His intervention in the Pullman Strike of 1894 in order to keep the railroads moving angered labor unions, and his support of the gold standard and opposition to free silver alienated the agrarian wing of the Democrats. Furthermore, critics complained that he had little imagination and seemed overwhelmed by the nation's economic disasters—depressions and strikes—in his second term. Even so, his reputation for honesty and good character survived the troubles of his second term. Biographer Allan Nevins wrote, "in Grover Cleveland the greatness lies in typical rather than unusual qualities. He had no endowments that thousands of men do not have. He possessed honesty, courage, firmness, independence, and common sense. But he possessed them to a degree other men do not."
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