Grover Cleveland actually said...

"I can not see that anything is gained by this legislation."

"But instead of exacting the bond from the medical colleges, such bond is required of 'every physician or surgeon before receiving such dead body.'"

"The measure under consideration does not with sufficient care specify and limit the officers and the parties who it is proposed to invest with discretion in the disposition of dead bodies."

"The laws by which it is permitted should, in deference to a decent and universal sentiment, carefully guard against abuse and needless offense."