"I cannot find any authority in the Constitution for public charity, ...[it] would be contrary to the letter and the spirit of the Constitution and subversive to the whole theory upon which the Union of these States is founded."

-- Franklin Pierce

(1804-1869) U.S. President

Source: 1854, he vetoed a bill to help the mentally ill

http://quotes.liberty-tree.ca/quote_blog/Franklin.Pierce.Quote.8563


"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

Source: In 1887 when vetoing an appropriation to help drought-stricken counties in Texas

http://quotes.liberty-tree.ca/quote_blog/Grover.Cleveland.Quote.CB4E