Grover Cleveland actually said...

"This was a proper disposition of the case unless the Government is held liable for every disability which may afflict those who served in the Union Army."

"I can see no reason why such a distinction should exist."

"I herewith transmit, in reply to the resolution of the Senate of the 2d ultimo, a report from the Secretary of State, with the accompanying documents, in relation to the seal fisheries in Bering Sea."

"it seems to me it must be conceded that a conclusion that death was in any degree the result of wounds received in military service rests upon the most unsatisfactory conjecture."