Grover Cleveland actually said...

"I do not regard it at all strange that this claimant, encouraged by the ease with which special acts are passed, seeks relief through such means."

"He is totally unfit for the Invalid Corps or for any other military duty."

"The rejection was clearly right, unless the Government is to be held as an insurer against every fatal casualty incurred by those who have served in the Army, without regard to the manner of its occur..."

"I withhold my assent from this bill because, if the facts before me... are true, the allowance of this claim would, in my opinion, be a travesty upon our whole scheme of pensions and an insult to ever..."