Grover Cleveland actually said...

"An adequate gold reserve is in all circumstances absolutely essential to the upholding of our public credit and to the maintenance of our high national character."

"These provisions do not seem to be in harmony with prior laws by which, under certain conditions, arid lands may be conveyed to States for the purpose of irrigation."

"I think the expediency and propriety of disposing of these lands for the purposes specified should in each case be determined by the Secretary of the Interior."

"The grants may be demanded not only for the storage of water for irrigating purposes, but for 'mining and other useful purposes.'"