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In the choice of difficulties it is the smallest risk; and to diminish and if possible to remove all danger, I have felt it incumbent on me to assert one other power of the General Government--the power of pardon.
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Johnson emphasizes the importance of the power of pardon in restoring the Union and reducing risks.
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