Grover Cleveland actually said...

"It is sufficient that I should call the earnest attention of Congress to the circumstance that the statute makes no provision whatever for the somewhat numerous class of Chinese persons who, retaining..."

"The supposition should not be indulged that Congress...intended to make its protection depend upon the performance of conditions which it was physically impossible to perform."

"The hardship has in some cases been remedied by the action of the courts."

"This anomalous feature of the act should be reformed as speedily as possible..."