Grover Cleveland actually said...

"If this deserter is to be allowed an honorable discharge, I do not see why every deserter should not be absolved from the consequences of his unfaithfulness."

"It seems to me that the provisions of this bill amount to a legislative reversal of the judgment of a regularly constituted court and a legislative pardon of the offense of which this soldier was conv..."

"There should always be a willingness to save the holders of Government securities from damage through their loss or destruction, but, in my judgment, a bad precedent would be established by paying obl..."

"To the Senate and House of Representatives: I transmit herewith, for the information of the Congress, a communication from the Secretary of State, covering the report of the Director of the Bureau of ..."