Grover Cleveland actually said...

"This claimant's application for pension is now pending in the Pension Bureau, and has been sent to a special examiner for the purpose of taking additional proof."

"The public money appropriated for pensions is the soldiers' fund, which should be devoted to the indemnification of those who in the defense of the Union have worthily suffered."

"The record of his service contains no mention of any disability."

"I deem myself obliged to disapprove this bill on the ground that there is an almost complete failure to state any facts that should entitle the claimant to a pension."