At an official reception during the Civil War, President Lincoln made a brief speech in which he referred to the Confederates as "erring human beings" rather than as enemies to be destroyed.
An elderly abolishonist lady said afterward, "Mr. President, how can you lower yourself to refer to such slave holding rebels as merely 'erring human beings' who are sworn enemies of the Union and of freedom?"
"Why, madam," replied Lincoln, "do I not destroy my enemies when I make them my friends?"
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