Grover Cleveland actually said...

"I can not see that it was such a result of military service as to entitle the applicant to a pension."

"There does not seem to be any governmental purpose to which such a building could be properly devoted except the accommodation of the post-office."

"The utmost liberality to those who were in our Army hardly justifies a compensation by way of pension for injuries incurred in sport or pastime or as the result of a practical joke."

"I am satisfied that the appropriation of $75,000 for a building at Youngstown is at present not justified."