Thomas Jefferson actually said...

We must join in the unprofitable contest of trying which party can do the other the most harm.

I congratulate you on the liberation of our fellow citizens who were stranded on the coast of Tripoli and made prisoners of war.

Other details necessary for your full information of the state of things between this country and that shall be the subject of another commu...

Providence in His goodness gave it an early termination on this occasion and lessened the number of victims which have usually fallen before...