Grover Cleveland actually said...

"The name of the beneficiary is already upon the pension roll, and she is now entitled to receive precisely the sum as a pensioner which is allowed her under this bill."

"I return without approval Senate bill No. 470, entitled 'An act granting a pension to Amanda F. Deck.'"

"A pension should not be allowed, for the reason, among others, that three careful medical examinations failed to disclose any pensionable disability."

"I can not believe that an injury was sustained such as was specified by the applicant in 1880 and that nothing was said of it either in the claim made in 1864 or in 1870."