Thomas Jefferson actually said...

"The expense as well as the importance of the work renders it a subject proper for the special consideration of Congress."

"The care of human life and happiness, not their destruction, is the legitimate responsibility of good government."

"Certain matters touching the public good requiring that the Senate should be convened on Saturday, the 4th day of March next, you are desired to attend at the Senate Chamber, in the city of Washington..."

"It can not but be encouraging to those whom the nation has placed in the direction of their affairs to see that their fellow-citizens will press forward in support of their country in proportion as it..."