Abraham Lincoln said...

Its observance will be strictly enforced by all officers, civil, military, and naval in the service of the United States...

I transmit herewith a communication from the Secretary of War, covering papers bearing on the arrest and imprisonment of...

To the Senate of the United States: I transmit to the Senate, for consideration with a view to ratification, a treaty of...

I solicit your authority to furnish to the Republic a gunboat at moderate cost, to be reimbursed to the United States by...