Thomas Jefferson actually said...

"I therefore now lay it before both Houses of Congress for the exercise of their constitutional powers as to the means of fulfilling it."

"The consolidation of the Mississippi Territory and the establishment of a barrier of separation between the Indians and our Southern neighbors are also important objects;"

"The Choctaws, being indebted to their merchants beyond what could be discharged by the ordinary proceeds of their huntings, and pressed for payment, proposed to the United States to cede lands to the ..."

"But progressive difficulties in our foreign relations have brought into view considerations other than those which then prevailed."