Thomas Jefferson actually said...

"These payments, with those which had been made in 3 years and a half preceding, have extinguished of the funded debt nearly $18M of principal."

"An immediate prohibition of the exportation of arms and ammunition is also submitted to your determination."

"In taking a view of the state of our country we in the first place notice the late affliction of two of our cities under the fatal fever which in latter times has occasionally visited our shores."

"In the course of your session you shall receive all the aid which I can give for the dispatch of public business, and all the information necessary for your deliberations, of which the interests of ou..."