Send a Quote Enter a brief message. SendOk2 “I feel obliged to withhold my approval of the plan to indulge in benevolent and charitable sentiment through the appropriation of public funds... I find no warrant for such an appropriation in the Constitution.” ~ Grover Cleveland (1837-1908) 22nd & 24th US President, mayor and governor in New York stateSource: In 1887 when vetoing an appropriation to help drought-stricken counties in Texas