Abraham Lincoln said...

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

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

I recommend an appropriation to carry into effect the provisions thereof relative to the payment of the proportion of th...

He thought this measure was a very fitting if not an indispensable adjunct to the winding up of the great difficulty.