Grover Cleveland actually said...

"The information furnished by the report of the committee... absolutely fails to connect the death of Commodore Marchand with any incident of his naval service."

"I am of the opinion that the expenditure of public money for such a purpose should depend upon the necessity of such a building for public uses."

"The evidence recited in the report of the Congressional committee to whom this bill was referred, though it tends to show, if reliable, that when the soldier returned from his service his leg was affe..."

"I hereby return without approval House bill No. 1990, entitled 'An act granting a pension to John Hunter.'"