Grover Cleveland actually said...

"The experiment of substituting civilized methods for brute force as the means of settling international questions of right will thus be tried under the happiest auspices."

"I transmit herewith a treaty for the arbitration of all matters in difference between the United States and Great Britain."

"It is nevertheless confidently believed that the treaty can not fail to be everywhere recognized as making a long step in the right direction."

"I transmit herewith, in response to the resolution of the House of Representatives of May 8, 1896, requesting information as to what had been done by the Department of State to carry out the provision..."