Grover Cleveland actually said...

"The rejection was clearly right, unless the Government is to be held as an insurer against every fatal casualty incurred by those who have served in the Army, without regard to the manner of its occur..."

"I do not understand that the Congress intends to pass special acts in cases thus situated."

"It is perfectly clear that the only pretexts for giving this claimant a pension are military service, old age, and poverty."

"The report is interesting alike to the people of the United States and to the subjects of Russia."