George Washington actually said...

"It may be probably necessary to the more successful conduct of our affairs on the coast of Barbary that one consul should reside in Morocco, another in Algiers, and a third in Tunis or Tripoli."

"I am happy, therefore, in being able to say that from the last authentic accounts the Dey was disposed to treat for a peace and ransom."

"Perfect harmony reigns between the two Republics."

"These acts embrace an object of such magnitude, and in their consequences may so deeply affect the peace and welfare of the United States, that I have thought it necessary now to lay them before Congr..."