Grover Cleveland walked the walk when it came to his beliefs AND his faith in the American people. He essentially kinkshamed the political machine that was turning the government into a ‘paternal’ figure in national disasters. Cleveland was a firm believer in the American people and abhorred the idea of the government becoming a monstrosity that the people depended on. Case in point a powerful hurricane hit the south that devastated infrastructure. Cleveland ran on a campaign that promised to stop bloating the government and he stuck by it. He publically called for donations and relief efforts from the people themselves than to have the federal government take care of it.
Essentially, he was one president that resisted the urge of setting up FEMA camps and instead put his faith in the American people. And he was right.
Americans raised over 8 times as much money privately for the damage of this hurricane than what a bill proposed in congress that he vetoed. And the response was faster than anything the government would have been able to do in the first place. By not having the citizens rely on the government they were able to rebound much faster than sitting around waiting on emergency response from the feds.
This was not long after the civil war when a major concern at the time was an expanding federal power. So at least during his term he slowed that down some.