Grover Cleveland actually said...

"She would thus lose for nearly two months the increase of pension already secured to her."

"This proposed legislation does injustice to a very worthy pensioner who was on the pension roll at the time of the passage of the law."

"A sufficient reason for the return of the particular bill now under consideration is found in the fact that it provides that the name of Andrew J. Hill be placed upon the pension roll."

"The policy of frequently reversing by special enactment the decisions of the Bureau invested by law with the examination of pension claims is exceedingly questionable."