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 withhold my assent from this bill because, if the facts before me... are true, the allowance of this claim would, in my opinion, be a travesty upon our whole scheme of pensions and an insult to ever..."

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

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