Grover Cleveland actually said...

"This outrage upon law and treaty engagements was committed by a lawless mob."

"I believe the power to remove or suspend such officials is vested in the President alone by the Constitution."

"I am quite prepared to avow that the cases are not few in which suspensions from office have depended more upon oral representations made to me by citizens of known good repute than upon any letters a..."

"I have forborne addressing the Senate upon the subject."