Source identified
Read & copy the quotation
“Let us have faith that right makes might.”
- Source
- Cooper Union Address
- Date
- 1860
Meaning of “Let us have faith that right makes might.”
Lincoln reverses the idea that power establishes right, arguing that moral judgment should guide sustained political action rather than treating strength or intimidation as proof of justice.
Where does it come from?
Cooper Union Address, February 27, 1860, closing passage. Lincoln is defending Republican opposition to the extension of slavery into federal territories; the line retains that antislavery political context.
