Grover Cleveland actually said...

"An attorney having the mother's application for pension in charge withdrew from the case in October, 1884, for the reason that...his death was caused by a snow slide."

"I do not see how the relief proposed can be granted in this case without an unjustifiable departure from the rules under which applications for pension should be determined."

"I return without approval House bill No. 4580, entitled 'An act granting a pension to Farnaren Ball.'"

"The proofs with which I have been furnished fail to satisfy me that the Government should grant a pension on account of death produced by a self-administered narcotic in the circumstances which surrou..."