Abraham Lincoln actually said...

"For myself, I have no doubt of the power and duty of the Executive, under the law of nations, to exclude enemies of the human race from an asylum in the United States."

"I will now close by proposing three cheers for Gen. Sherman and the army."

"The destruction of so formidable a vessel, which had resisted the continued attacks of a number of our vessels on former occasions, is an important event touching our future naval and military operati..."

"This recommendation is specially made in order to comply with the requirements of the ninth section of the aforesaid act."