Grover Cleveland actually said...

"It is hardly disputed that this predicament confronts us to-day."

"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."

"I deem it my duty to ask at the hands of the legislative branch of the Government such prompt and effective action as will restore confidence in our financial soundness and avert business disaster."

"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."