Benjamin Harrison actually said...

"Judgment was given against the claimant upon the ground that a settlement had been made and a receipt given in full."

"I can not give my approval to the proposition applied here, which if allowed here should be given general application, that every contractor with the Government who during the early days of the war fa..."

"There can be no reason, as it seems to me, for a retrial of the case in the Court of Claims in the absence of any showing of newly discovered evidence."

"There would seem to be no object in the Government's making a contract for work if the contract is only to be binding upon the parties in the event that the contractor realizes a profit."