"You may be right in saying that I over-simplify issues, but I am not persuaded that this is the case. What you say about Christ and Barrabas is hardly relevant. Nobody would have voted for pardoning Barrabas if it had been part of the proposal that those who so voted should be crucified in his place. This would be a nearer analogy to the present situation. I do not mean that I feel any certainty of success for our cause, but I think that success is sufficiently possible to keep hope alive."