Grover Cleveland actually said...

"I therefore beg the Congress to give the subject immediate attention."

"An adequate gold reserve is in all circumstances absolutely essential to the upholding of our public credit and to the maintenance of our high national character."

"It is hardly disputed that this predicament confronts us to-day."

"I deem it my duty to ask at the hands of the legislative branch of the Government such prompt and effective action as will restore confidence in our financial soundness and avert business disaster."