John Dingell, the longest-serving U.S. congressman and Michigan Democrat, left parting words for the country on the day that he died. Dingell, 92, died Feb.7 at his home in Dearborn surrounded by his wife, Rep. Debbie Dingell.

Dingell’s parting words were published in The Washington Post on Friday. According to the Post, the longtime congressman dictated the parting words to his wife.

Dingell held on to his biting sense of humor even in his last moments.

“One of the advantages to knowing that your demise is imminent, and that reports of it will not be greatly exaggerated, is that you have a few moments to compose some parting thoughts,” Dingell’s last words to the country began.

Dingell didn’t name Trump but said that the presidential bully pulpit “seems dedicated to sowing division and denigrating, often in the most irrelevant and infantile personal terms, the political opposition.”

He then reflected on the era he came of age politically, one where there was respect even during disagreements and fights.

Dingell reflected on his legislative accomplishments; Medicare, the Civil Rights Act and the cleanup of the Great Lakes.

“I’m immensely proud, and eternally grateful, for having had the opportunity to play a part in all of these efforts during my service in Congress,” he wrote.

He thanked his wife, acknowledging her “forgiveness and sweetness.”

In closing, Dingell said that in a Democratic government, elected officials don’t possess power but rather that they hold it “in trust for the people who elected them.”

“I never forgot the people who gave me the privilege of representing them,” Dingell wrote.

Read John Dingell’s full words in The Washington Post.

Photo: Rep. John Dingell, D-Mich. is celebrated by friends and colleagues on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, June 7, 2013, as he becomes the longest-serving member of Congress in history with his 20,997th day as a representative. Rep. Dingell recalled wisdom passed on by his late father, Congressman John D. Dingell Sr., “It’s not how long you serve; it’s how well you serve.” Photo by J. Scott Applewhite/Associated Press