And, unless truth be a mockery and justice a hollow lie, we will be in the majority after a while, and then the revolution which we will accomplish will be none the less radical from being the result of pacific measures.
In an 1856 speech, Lincoln predicts that truth and justice will eventually lead to a majority, achieving radical change through peaceful methods.
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