Grover Cleveland actually said...

"I hereby return without approval Senate bill No. 2005, entitled 'An act granting a pension to Mary J. Nottage.'"

"To depart from all rules regulating the granting of pensions by such an enactment as is proposed would establish a precedent which could not fail to cause embarrassment and perplexity."

"I am of the opinion that a correct conclusion was reached when the application for pension in this case was denied by the Pension Bureau."

"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."