Grover Cleveland actually said...

"We can not view the pending conflict without considering...our inevitably close relations to it."

"The condition of affairs among the Five Civilized Tribes...has assumed such an aspect as to render it almost indispensable that there should be an entire change in the relations of these Indians to th..."

"It would seem that if Spain should offer to Cuba genuine autonomy...there should be no just reason why the pacification of the island might not be effected on that basis."

"Our people exhibit a patriotic disposition which entitles them to demand...faithful and unselfish service in their behalf."