Forbade to wade through slaughter to a throne, / And shut the gates of mercy on mankind.

And shut the gates of mercy on mankind.

10 percent of any population is cruel, no matter what, and 10 percent is merciful, no matter what, and the remaining 80 percent can be moved in either direction.

Oh as I was young and easy in the mercy of his means, TIme held me green and dying Though I sang in my chains like the sea.

The very contradictions in my life are in some ways signs of God's mercy to me.

We hold these truths to be self evident: that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness