force rises up to the rescue of discomfited error, and crushes truth and right into the dust. 'Might makes right,' and hoary folly totters on in her mad career escorted by armies and navies." Abraham Lincoln's Cooper Union campaign address (1860) reverses the phrase: "Let us have faith that right makes might, and in that faith, let us, to the end, dare to do our duty as we understand it". He spoke in defense of neutral engagement with slave-holders, as against violent confrontation. Montague coined the term Kratocracy, from the , meaning "strong", for government by those who are strong enough to seize power through force or cunning. In a letter to Albert Einstein from 1932, Sigmund Freud also explores the history and validity of "might versus right". See also Amorality Argumentum ad baculum Blaise Pascal Brutality Capital Sin Egoism Fortune favors the bold Law of the jungle Machiavellianism Marquis de Sade Master morality Max Stirner Melian Dialogue Might is Right Moral nihilism Murder Natural selection Political realism Political repression Prize of war Right of conquest Social Darwinism Supremacism Trial by combat Victor's justice War trophy Who Dares Wins References General references Freud, Sigmund (1968). "Why War?", Civilization, War and Death. External links 1840s neologisms Adages Concepts in ethics Political terminology Quotations from military Slogans