Grover Cleveland actually said...

"The evidence thus secured seemed to establish the fact that the claimant's eyes were sore for many years before enlistment."

"His claim to a pension lacks merit."

"When with this it is considered that eighteen years elapsed between the date of the alleged injury and the soldier's application for pension, I am satisfied that no injustice will be done if the dispo..."

"I return without approval House bill No. 823, entitled 'An act granting a pension to Hannah C. De Wilt.'"