Grover Cleveland actually said...

"While this case is probably one where the exercise of generosity would be pleasant and most timely to the recipient, I can not think that such a precedent should be established."

"Although there are cases in which it seems not improper that pensions should be granted for injuries sustained during furlough and before actual return to duty, this does not appear to me to be one of..."

"I am fully satisfied that the surgeon was not mistaken who made the certificate upon which the beneficiary was discharged."

"The man for whom this pension is proposed never, so far as I can learn, did a single day's actual military service at the front."