Abraham Lincoln actually said...

"Leave Washington entirely secure."

"In compliance with the resolution of the Senate of the 11th instant, requesting 'a copy of any correspondence on the records or files of the Department of State in regard to railway systems in Europe,..."

"Major-General McClellan having personally taken the field at the head of the Army of the Potomac, until otherwise ordered he is relieved from the command of the other military departments, he retainin..."

"That all the commanders of departments, after the receipt of this order by them, respectively report severally and directly to the Secretary of War, and that prompt, full, and frequent reports will be..."