Grover Cleveland actually said...

There does not appear on the records any evidence of disability.

I am so thoroughly tired of disapproving gifts of public money to individuals who in my view have no right or claim to the same.

I am also thoroughly convinced, from examination of the case, that the claimant should not be pensioned.

Every relaxation of principle in the granting of pensions invites applications without merit and encourages those who for gain urge honest m...