Abraham Lincoln actually said...

"Ordered, first. That Major-General William F. Smith and the Hon. Henry Stanbery be, and they are hereby, appointed special commissioners to investigate and report, for the information of the President..."

"To the Senate of the United States: In answer to the Senate's resolution of yesterday, requesting information in regard to aid furnished to the rebellion by British subjects, I transmit a report from ..."

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

"We have talked of elections until there is nothing more to say about them."