Those who are ready to sacrifice freedom for security ultimately will lose both.
My paramount objective in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not to either save or destroy Slavery.
We must free the slaves or be ourselves subdued.
Destroy your enemy by making him your friend.
The probability that we may fail in the struggle ought not to deter us from the support of a cause we believe to be just.
On the whole, my impression is that mercy bears richer fruits than any other attribute.