On the record
Nor will the plan be submitted in any overweening confidence in the sufficiency of my own judgment, but with much greater reliance on the wisdom and patriotism of Congress.
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Tyler acknowledges his reliance on Congress's wisdom rather than solely on his judgment regarding the plan.
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