Abraham Lincoln actually said...

"If Congress should think that proceedings in such cases lack the authority of law, or ought to be further regulated by it, I recommend that provision be made for effectually preventing foreign slave t..."

"I believe I shall never be old enough to speak without embarrassment when I have anything [nothing?] to talk about."

"I have no good news to tell you, and yet I have no bad news to tell."

"We could not exaggerate either the commercial or the political importance of that great improvement."