As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master.
Yet, I would start a war that kills hundreds of thousands of people. Forcibly drag people and states who wished nothing more than to be left alone back into the Union. Ruthlessly stifle dissent. Deport and arrest elected representatives. Order the arrest of the chief justice of the supreme court. And so on and so forth.
Yeah, he was Biblical alright. Ahab, comes to mind. Maybe, Herod.
