Abraham Lincoln Quotes
The probability that we may fail in the struggle ought not to deter us from the support of a cause we believe to be just.
Lincoln, Abraham. "Speech on the Sub-Treasury." The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, edited by Roy P. Basler, vol. 1, Rutgers University Press, 1953, p. 179.
1837 Grim and his brother were faculty members at the prestigious University of Gottingen. The King of Hanover—a region of Germany—revoked the existing liberal constitution and demanded that all university professors swear allegiance to him. Most of the faculty had always opposed such loyalty oaths, but when faced with the choice between their beliefs and their jobs, most signed the oath. The Grimm brothers did not and were fired.
Abraham Lincoln was an American politician and lawyer who served as the 16th President of the United States from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865. Lincoln led the United States through its Civil War—its bloodiest war and its greatest moral, constitutional, and political crisis. In doing so, he preserved the Union, abolished slavery, strengthened the federal government, and modernized the economy.
