It has so happened in all ages of the world that some have labored, and others have, without labor, enjoyed a large proportion of the fruits.
My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or to destroy slavery. If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would also do that.
Without freedom, no art; art lives only on the restraints it imposes on itself, and dies of all others.