Abraham Lincoln actually said...

"I have in my possession three valuable swords, formerly the property of General David E. Twiggs, which I now place at the disposal of Congress."

"If they or any of them shall be by Congress disposed of in reward or compliment of military service, I think General Butler is entitled to the first consideration."

"I have ordered the other thirty-nine to be executed on Friday, the 19th instant."

"I transmit to the Senate, for its consideration with a view to ratification, a treaty between the United States and the Republic of Liberia, signed at London by the plenipotentiaries of the parties on..."