George Washington actually said...

If the bill passes into a law, the two companies of light dragoons will be from that moment legally out of service.

I lay before you for your consideration a treaty which has been negotiated and concluded on the 29th day of June last by Benjamin Hawkins, A...

None can serve it with purer intentions than I have done or with a more disinterested zeal.

To such men I shall cheerfully yield the palm of genius and talents to serve our common country.