168 Political Courage Quotes

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Famous Political Courage Quotes

Leadership requires the courage to make decisions that will benefit the next generation. — Alan Autry

Moral courage is a more rare commodity than bravery in battle or great intelligence. — Robert Kennedy

One man with courage makes a majority. — Andrew Jackson

Courage is the enforcing virtue, the one that makes possible all the other virtues common to exceptional leaders: honesty, integrity, confidence, compassion and humility — John McCain

Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen. — Winston Churchill

Optimism is the true moral courage - Ernest Shackleton

Optimism is the true moral courage — Ernest Shackleton

In the world of securities, courage becomes the supreme virtue after adequate knowledge and a tested judgment are at hand. — Benjamin Graham

Courage - a perfect sensibility of the measure of danger, and a mental willingness to endure it. — William Tecumseh Sherman

Courage is the willingness to speak the truth about what you see and to own what you say. — Seth

Courage is the ability to do the right thing, all the time, no matter how painful or uncomfortable it might be. — Tony Dungy

Political correctness is just tyranny with manners. I wish for you the courage to be unpopular. Popularity is history's pocket change. Courage is history's true currency. — Charlton Heston

Courage is contagious. When a brave man takes a stand, the spines of others are often stiffened. — Billy Graham

Faced with what is right, to leave it undone shows a lack of courage. - Confucius

Faced with what is right, to leave it undone shows a lack of courage. — Confucius

To solve big problems you have to be willing to do unpopular things. — Lee Iacocca

We need the courage to face the truth about what we are doing in the world and act responsibly to change it. — Daniel Ellsberg

Short Political Courage Quotes

  • It often requires more courage to dare to do right than to fear to do wrong. — Abraham Lincoln
  • Moral courage is higher and a rarer virtue than physical courage. — William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim
  • Moral courage is higher and a rarer virtue than physical courage. — William Slim
  • Courage is being true to yourself, true to a sense of integrity. — Cornel West
  • True courage is in facing danger when you are afraid. — L. Frank Baum
  • Courage is the resolution to face the unforeseen. — Agatha Christie
  • Courage cannot be counterfeited. It is one virtue that escapes hypocrisy. — Napoleon Bonaparte
  • Clear thinking requires courage rather than intelligence. — Thomas Szasz

Political Courage Image Quotes

Political courage quote The lion doesn't turn around when the small dog barks.
The lion doesn't turn around when the small dog barks.

Definition Of Courage Quotes

Courage is the ability to go from failure to failure with enthusiasm. - Winston Churchill

Courage is the ability to go from failure to failure with enthusiasm. — Winston Churchill

Someone should advise women to stop fantasizing about courageous firefighters and heroic uniformed soldiers. There is a new sheriff in town who epitomizes a progressive definition of masculinity: Apathetic Cowardly Bystander Man. — Gad Saad

There were a number of definitions of courage, but now I was seeing it in its simplest form: you do what has to be done day after day, and you never quit. — Eric Greitens

Political courage quote A true leader has the confidence to stand alone, the courage to make tough decisions, and the compas
A true leader has the confidence to stand alone, the courage to make tough decisions, and the compassion to listen to the needs of others.

My definition of courage is never letting anyone define you. — Jenna Jameson

Is there an equality of power between America and Iraq? Definitely not; however, the Iraqi people are standing fast and are defending their land courageously. — Bashar al-Assad

I don't have enough information, and enough courage, to come up with a definite version of events. And I think it is too dangerous for me to do so. — Garry Kasparov

Political courage quote I would like to be known as an intelligent woman, a courageous woman, a loving woman, a woman who te
I would like to be known as an intelligent woman, a courageous woman, a loving woman, a woman who teaches by being.

I think there are definite parallels between sport and art. There's a real sense of sacrifice. There's a real sense of dedication that is needed in sport that I think you can attribute to art. I think so much of it is about bravery and courage, being an actor. — Matt Smith

Courage, the original definition of courage, when it first came into the English language -- it's from the Latin word "cor," meaning "heart" - and the original definition was to tell the story of who you are with your whole heart. — Brené Brown

A nice definition of an awakened person: a person who no longer marches to the drums of society, a person who dances to the tune of the music that springs up from within. — Anthony De Mello

The definition of courage is going from defeat to defeat with enthusiasm. — Winston Churchill

Have Courage Quotes

All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them. - Walt Disney

All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them. — Walt Disney

Have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary. — Steve Jobs

Gloom and despondency have never defeated adversity. Trying times need courage and resilience. Our strength as a people is not tested during the best of times. — Thabo Mbeki

Political courage quote Mistakes are always forgivable, if one has the courage to admit them.
Mistakes are always forgivable, if one has the courage to admit them.

You cannot swim for new horizons until you have courage to lose sight of the shore. — William Faulkner

Remember that when you leave this earth, you can take with you nothing that you have received - only what you have given: a full heart, enriched by honest service, love, sacrifice and courage. — Francis of Assisi

You may not always have a comfortable life and you will not always be able to solve all of the world's problems at once but don't ever underestimate the importance you can have because history has shown us that courage can be contagious and hope can take on a life of its own. — Michelle Obama

Do the right thing because it is right. - Immanuel Kant

Do the right thing because it is right. — Immanuel Kant

Take chances, make mistakes. That's how you grow. Pain nourishes your courage. You have to fail in order to practice being brave. — Mary Tyler Moore

To those of you with your years of service still ahead, the challenge is yours. Stop doubting yourselves. Have the courage to make up your minds and hold your decisions. Refuse to be BOUGHT for a nickel, or a million dollars, or a job! — Mary Mcleod Bethune

Great spirits have always encountered opposition from mediocre minds. The mediocre mind is incapable of understanding the man who refuses to bow blindly to conventional prejudices and chooses instead to express his opinions courageously and honestly. — Albert Einstein

Personal Courage Quotes

The person who risks nothing, does nothing, has nothing, is nothing, and becomes nothing. He may avoid suffering and sorrow, but he simply cannot learn, feel, change, grow or love. Chained by his certitude, he is a slave; he has forfeited his freedom. Only the person who risks is truly free. — Leo Buscaglia

If we commit ourselves to one person for life, this is not, as many people think, a rejection of freedom; rather, it demands the courage to move into all the risks of freedom, and the risk of love which is permanent; into that love which is not possession but participation. — Madeleine L'Engle

Always dream and shoot higher than you know you can do. Don't bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself. — William Faulkner

Political courage quote Fear is what stops you. Courage is what keeps you going.
Fear is what stops you. Courage is what keeps you going.

To the Muslim woman, the hijab provides a sense of empowerment. It is a personal decision to dress modestly according to the command of a genderless Creator; to assert pride in self, and embrace one's faith openly, with independence and courageous conviction. — Randa Abdel-Fattah

Character is a quality that embodies many important traits, such as integrity, courage, perseverance, confidence and wisdom. Unlike your fingerprints that you are born with and can't change, character is something that you create within yourself and must take responsibility for changing — Jim Rohn

To love yourself, truly love yourself, is to finally discover the essence of personal courage, self-respect, integrity, and self-esteem. These are the qualities of grace that come directly from a soul with stamina. — Caroline Myss

Political courage quote Ho who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life.
Ho who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life.

My motto is: feel the fear and do it anyway. — Tamara Mellon

In playing ball, and in life, a person occasionally gets the opportunity to do something great. When that time comes, only two things matter: being prepared to seize the moment and having the courage to take your best swing. — Hank Aaron

There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them. — Bruce Lee

Real success requires respect for and faithfulness to the highest human values-honesty, integrity, self-discipline, dignity, compassion, humility, courage, personal responsibility, courtesy, and human service. — Michael E. DeBakey

Real Courage Quotes

What is courage? Courage is the willingness to risk failure...There is only one danger I find in life, and that, indeed, is a real one. You may take too many precautions. — Alfred Adler

The real things haven't changed. It is still best to be honest and truthful; to make the most of what we have; to be happy with simple pleasures; and have courage when things go wrong. — Laura Ingalls Wilder

The complacent, the self-indulgent, the soft societies are about to be swept away with the debris of history. Only the strong, only the industrious, only the determined, only the courageous, only the visionary who determine the real nature of our struggle can possibly survive. — John F. Kennedy

Political courage quote If you have been brutally broken but still have the courage to be gentle to other living beings, tha
If you have been brutally broken but still have the courage to be gentle to other living beings, than you're a badass with a heart of an angel.

We need people in our lives with whom we can be as open as possible. To have real conversations with people may seem like such a simple, obvious suggestion, but it involves courage and risk. — Thomas Moore

Real courage is when you know you're licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what. — Harper Lee

Real men don't buy girls-they protect them. We're recruiting real men who have the courage to stand up against this issue. — Demi Moore

Political courage quote Have courage and be kind.
Have courage and be kind.

The real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light. — Plato

That’s why courage is tricky. Should you always do what others tell you to do? Sometimes you might not even know why you’re doing something. I mean, any fool can have courage. But honor, that’s the real reason you either do something or you don’t. It’s who you are and maybe who you want to be. — Michael Oher

Being negative is easy. There will always be a downside to everything good, a hurdle to everything desirable, a con to every pro. The real courage is in finding the good in what you have, the opportunities in every hurdle, the pros in every con. — Carolyn Hax

You can always die. It's living that takes real courage." - Himura Kenshin — Nobuhiro Watsuki

Being Courageous Quotes

Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage. — Lao Tzu

Maybe you will be afraid and maybe you will fail, but the courage to take risks in any part of your life is, I feel, a very worthwhile way to live. — Emile Hirsch

Devout Christians are destined to be regarded as fools in modern society. We are fools for Christ's sake. We must pray for courage to endure the scorn of the sophisticated world. — Antonin Scalia

Political courage quote Courage starts with showing up and letting ourselves be seen.
Courage starts with showing up and letting ourselves be seen.

Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage. — Lao Tzu

Even in a world that's being shipwrecked, remain brave and strong. — Hildegard of Bingen

Courage is being scared to death... and saddling up anyway. - John Wayne

Courage is being scared to death... and saddling up anyway. — John Wayne

Political courage quote If you are lucky enough to find a way of life you love, you have to find the courage to live it.
If you are lucky enough to find a way of life you love, you have to find the courage to live it.

Being a Christan is less about cautiously avoiding sin than about courageously and actively doing God's will. — Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Count your blessings. Once you realize how valuable you are and how much you have going for you, the smiles will return, the sun will break out, the music will play, and you will finally be able to move forward the life that God intended for you with grace, strength, courage, and confidence. — Og Mandino

Be calm and strong and patient. Meet failure and disappointment with courage. Rise superior to the trials of life, and never give in to hopelessness or despair. In danger, in adversity, cling to your principles and ideals. Aequanimitas! — William Osler

Courage isn't having the strength to go on - it is going on when you don't have strength. — Napoleon Bonaparte

Moral Courage Quotes

It is a tragedy that we live in a world where physical courage is so common, and moral courage is so rare. — Claude Monet

It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world, and moral courage so rare. — Mark Twain

We need more men with the guts, with the courage, with the strength, with the moral integrity to break our complicit silence and challenge each other and stand with women and not against them. — Jackson Katz

Political courage quote Don't let a bad day make you feel like you have a bad life.
Don't let a bad day make you feel like you have a bad life.

Above all, we must realize that no arsenal, or no weapon in the arsenals of the world, is so formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women. It is a weapon our adversaries in today's world do not have. — Ronald Reagan

Goodness is about character - integrity, honesty, kindness, generosity, moral courage, and the like. More than anything else, it is about how we treat other people. — Dennis Prager

Morale is the state of mind. It is steadfastness and courage and hope. - George C. Marshall

Morale is the state of mind. It is steadfastness and courage and hope. — George C. Marshall

There is too much animal courage in society and not sufficient moral courage. — Mary Baker Eddy

Bravery is not the absence of fear but the forging ahead despite being afraid - Robert Liparulo

Bravery is not the absence of fear but the forging ahead despite being afraid — Robert Liparulo

What is Moral Courage? It is the ability to distinguish right from wrong and having so distinguished it, be prepared to say so,irrespective of the views held by your superiors or subordinates and of consequences to yourself. — Sam Manekshaw

Wisdom, compassion, and courage are the three universally recognized moral qualities of men. — Confucius

True Courage Quotes

The four Cs of making dreams come true: Curiosity, Courage, Consistency, Confidence. — Walt Disney

May you grow up to be righteous, may you grow up to be true. May you always know the truth and see the lights surrounding you. May you always be courageous, stand upright and be strong. May you stay forever young. — Bob Dylan

If you knew when you began a book what you would say at the end, do you think that you would have the courage to write it? What is true for writing and for a love relationship is true also for life. The game is worthwhile insofar as we don't know what will be the end. — Michel Foucault

Grant me courage to serve others; For in service there is true life. — Cesar Chavez

A true leader has the confidence to stand alone, the courage to make tough decisions, and the compassion to listen to the needs of others. He does not set out to be a leader, but becomes one by the equality of his actions and the integrity of his intent. — Douglas MacArthur

TRUE Courage is when you are scared to death and STILL saddle up and ride in! - John Wayne

TRUE Courage is when you are scared to death and STILL saddle up and ride in! — John Wayne

True courage is like a kite; a contrary wind raises it higher. — J. PetitSenn

One isn't necessarily born with courage, but one is born with potential. Without courage, we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. We can't be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest. — Maya Angelou

You have plenty of courage, I am sure," answered Oz. "All you need is confidence in yourself. There is no living thing that is not afraid when it faces danger. The true courage is in facing danger when you are afraid, and that kind of courage you have in plenty. — L. Frank Baum

Dreams do come true, but not without the help of others, a good education, a strong work ethic, and the courage to lean in. — Ursula Burns

Leadership Courage Quotes

What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are tiny matters compared to what lives within us. — Henry David Thoreau

Men make history and not the other way around. In periods where there is no leadership, society stands still. Progress occurs when courageous, skillful leaders seize the opportunity to change things for the better. — Harry S Truman

It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that things are difficult — Seneca

Men make history and not the other way around. In periods where there is no leadership, society stands still. Progress occurs when courageous, skillful leaders seize the opportunity to change things for the better. — Harry S. Truman

The only thing we have to fear is fear itself-and possibly teh bogey man. — Pat Paulsen

Leadership is not for the faint of heart - Bill Hybels

Leadership is not for the faint of heart — Bill Hybels

I am personally convinced that one person can be a change catalyst, a 'transformer' in any situation, any organization. Such an individual is yeast that can leaven an entire loaf. It requires vision, initiative, patience, respect, persistence, courage, and faith to be a transforming leader. — Stephen Covey

Good ideas are not adopted automatically. They must be driven into practice with courageous impatience. Once implemented they can be easily overturned or subverted through apathy or lack of follow-up, so a continuous effort is required. — Hyman Rickover

In all forms of leadership, whether you are a coach, a CEO, or a parent, there are four words that, when said, can bring out the best in your team, your employees, and your family. I BELIEVE IN YOU. Those four words can mean the difference between a fear of failure and the courage to try. — Mike Krzyzewski

Leaders are focused on using their vision and courage to do great things. — Lewis Howes

Physical Courage Quotes

Truthfully, in this age those with intellect have no courage and those with some modicum of physical courage have no intellect. If things are to alter during the next fifty years then we must re-embrace Byron’s ideal: the cultured thug. — Sayings

Physical bravery is an animal instinct; moral bravery is much higher and truer courage. — Wendell Phillips

It takes a good deal of physical courage to ride a horse. This, however, I have. I get it at about forty cents a flask, and take it as required. — Stephen Leacock

I believe that soldiers will bear me out in saying that both come in time of battle. I take it that the moral courage comes in going into the battle, and the physical courage in staying in. — Woodrow Wilson

Moral courage, to me, is much more demanding than physical courage. — Leon L. Van Autreve

I do get scared about the physical danger from drug dealers. But it's not in the same league as the danger I feel eating an $80 lunch with my privileged friends to discuss hunger and poverty. That's when my soul feels imperiled. — Jonathan Kozol

Physical courage, which despises all danger, will make a man brave in one way; and moral courage, which despises all opinion, will make a man brave in another. — Charles Caleb Colton

It is time that the great center of our people, who reject the violence and unreasonableness of both the extreme right and the extreme left, searched their consciences, mustered their moral and physical courage, shed their intimidated silence, and declare their consciences. — Margaret Chase Smith

War is no longer a series of battles, but a test of the strength of the entire nation, its moral strength as well as physical, brain as well as muscles, and stamina as well as courage. — Arthur Tedder, 1st Baron Tedder

The ability and inclination to use physical strength is no indication of bravery or tenacity to life. The greatest cowards are often the greatest bullies. Nothing is cheaper and more common than physical bravery. — Clarence Darrow

Bravery And Courage Quotes

Develop enough courage so that you can stand up for yourself and then stand up for somebody else. — Maya Angelou

Keep alive within you and bring under wise control that courage which makes you long to undertake great works, which others might consider it folly to attempt. — Mary Euphrasia Pelletier

Recognize that you have the courage within you to fulfill the purpose of your birth. Summon forth the power of your inner courage and live the life of your dreams. — Gurumayi Chidvilasananda

This is bravery: using the challenge of daily life to sharpen our mind and open our heart. — Sakyong Mipham

Failure is a badge of honor. It means you risked failure. And if you don’t risk failure, you’re never going to do anything that’s different from what you’ve already done or what somebody else has done. — Charlie Kaufman

Throughout the years, many Christian women have told me of their great respect for the bravery and courage evident in my work, perhaps even gesturing to their own Isis earrings or a Nile River Goddess pendants. — Carol P. Christ

The frontiers of the kingdom of God were never advanced by men and women of caution. — J. Oswald Sanders

The only time a man can be brave is when he is afraid. - George R. R. Martin

The only time a man can be brave is when he is afraid. — George R. R. Martin

Fearless doesn’t mean careless. There is a thin line between fearless and careless. I think we need to play fearless. — Smriti Mandhana

The brave may not live forever, but the cautious do not live at all. — Meg Cabot

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The human instinct to protect one’s beliefs from the indignity of being challenged transcends an individual’s political orientation. It is a frailty of the human spirit, and as such, it is not restricted to liberals or conservatives. Few people possess the intellectual courage to expose their most cherished positions to opposing perspectives. The human ego is brittle and frail. — Gad Saad

A hallmark that distinguishes the Communist Party of China from other political parties is its courage in undertaking self-reform. — Xi Jinping

One day posterity will remember these strange times, when ordinary common honesty was called courage. — Yevgeny Yevtushenko

To call war the soil of courage and virtue is like calling debauchery the soil of love. — George Santayana

I have never thought much of the courage of a lion tamer. Inside the cage he is at least safe from other men. There is not much harm in a lion. He has no ideals, no religion, no politics, no chivalry, no gentility; in short, no reason for destroying anything that he does not want to eat — George Bernard Shaw

Unskilled in sophistry and new to the darker ways of national politics, Grover Cleveland faced his accusers, his slanderers, and his judges, the sovereign people, conscious of the general rectitude of his life, and courageously determined to bear the burdens of his sins in so far as guilt was his. — Grover Cleveland

The recent death of Gene McCarthy reminded me of a lesson I spent a long, long time unlearning, so now I have to re-learn it. It's about political courage and heroes, and when a country is desperate for leadership. There are times when regular politics will not do, and this is one of those times. — Molly Ivins

Statesmen exhibit five key commitments: 1) A commitment to principles above politics; 2) An ability to compromise without abandoning principle; 3) A commitment to truth over spin; 4) A commitment to courage over cowardice; and 5) A commitment, or willingness, to give up power. — Tom Coburn

Nothing can do men of good will more harm than apparent compromises with parties that subscribe to antimoral and antidemocratic and anti-God forces. We must have the courage to detach our support from men who are doing evil. We must bear them no hatred, but we must break with them. — Fulton J. Sheen

In politics, one can learn some things from cycling, such as how to have character and courage. Sometimes in politics there isn't enough of those things. — Sayings

I pledge you, pledge myself, to a New Deal for the American people. Let us all here assembled constitute ourselves prophets of a new order of competence and of courage. This is more than a political campaign; it is a call to arms. Give me your help, not to win votes alone, but to win in this crusade to restore America to its own people. — Franklin D. Roosevelt

I had discovered long ago the first lesson of political courage: to think anew. I had then learned the second: to be prepared to lead and to decide. I was now studying the third: how to take the calculated risk. I was going to alienate some people, like it or not. The moment you decide, you divide. — Tony Blair

There is a need for financial reform along ethical lines that would produce in its turn an economic reform to benefit everyone. This would nevertheless require a courageous change of attitude on the part of political leaders. — Pope Francis

Political courage is not political suicide. — Arnold Schwarzenegger

It is the duty of every citizen according to his best capacities to give validity to his convictions in political affairs. — Albert Einstein

None speak of the bravery, the might, or the intellect of Jesus; but the devil is always imagined as a being of acute intellect, political cunning, and the fiercest courage. These universal and instinctive tendencies of the human mind reveal much. — Lydia Maria Child

My generation of radicals and breakers-down never found anything to take the place of the old virtues of work and courage and the old graces of courtesy and politeness. — F. Scott Fitzgerald

A lot of people ask me, 'How did you have the courage to walk up to record labels when you were 12 or 13 and jump right into the music industry?' It's because I knew I could never feel the kind of rejection that I felt in middle school. Because in the music industry, if they're gonna say no to you, at least they're gonna be polite about it. — Taylor Swift

Courage and wisdom are, indeed, rarities amongst men, but of all that is good, a just man it would seem is the most scarce. — Plutarch

I have three favorite politicians: Reagan, Truman, and Bobby Kennedy - Bobby for showing remarkable political courage despite being loathed by many on both sides. — Joe Scarborough

We cannot become starched Christians, too polite, who speak of theology calmly over tea. We have to become courageous Christians and seek out those (who need help most). — Pope Francis

While I do not hesitate to applaud certain aspects of the resolution honoring the sacrifices of our courageous soldiers who are risking their lives in Iraq, I cannot be supportive of capitalizing on these very sacrifices for political gain. — Ed Pastor

So when you are faced with a decision on the euro, it is not surprising that many people are confused. They still try to squeeze the euro debate into the old language. But deep down it is a matter of deciding where one's future lies. It is a matter of political will and courage. — Romano Prodi

A day will come when our children and grandchildren will look back and they'll ask one of two questions. Either they will ask: "what in God's name were they doing?" or they may look back and say: "how did they find the uncommon moral courage to rise above politics and redeem the promise of American democracy?" — Al Gore

Courage is indispensible because in politics not life but the world is at stake. — Hannah Arendt

Some jobs require a more consistent challenge to moral courage than others. Politics is one. In such a setting terrifically good men and women will still be found wanting occasionally. No one does the right thing all the time. It would be more generous and fair to consider their batting average than to judge them only by their last worst act. — Michael Josephson

To those who say "Sufism is apolitical" or "no politics," I respond: "No politics is politics." Look at the very old African Sufi tradition, the Asian Sufi tradition, or the North African Sufi tradition. Then you get it and understand what Sufism is all about wisdom, courage and resistance. — Tariq Ramadan

The Sixties was a perfect storm of disaffection with political leaders trying to pass off the same old platitudes to maintain the status quo and an unexpected courageousness in the masses of youth. Nothing on this scale had ever happened before in U.S. history and it hasn't happened since. — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

The meaning of words had no longer the same relation to things... Reckless daring was held to be loyal courage; prudent delay was the excuse of a coward; moderation was the disguise of unmanly weakness; to know everything was to do nothing. Frantic energy was the true quality of man. — Thucydides

There is only one art, whose sole criterion is the power, the authenticity, the revelatory insight, the courage and suggestiveness with which it seeks its truth. Thus, from the standpoint of the work and its worth it is irrelevant to which political ideas the artist as a citizen claims allegiance, which ideas he would like to serve with his work or whether he holds any such ideas at all. — Vaclav Havel

My generation of radicals and breakers-down never found anything to take the place of the old virtues of work and courage and the old graces of courtesy and politeness. — Unknown

Instead of starry-eyed worship of grand illusions, the mature citizen admires and idealizes proven values. He reveres, among other things, certain time-honored virtues and the people who practice them, especially the personal ideals of honesty, integrity, self-reliance, courage, persistence and dependability; the political ideals of individual liberty, the rights of property and contract, and the rule of law; and the ethical ideals of mutuality, decency and charity, among others. — Lyle H. Jr. Rossiter

I think the Iraqi people have shown extraordinary patience and courage in the last few months. They have really put a political system on the way to success, to a real democracy here. — Paul Bremer

It is up to African leaders to show their will and political courage in order to assure that this new pan-African institution becomes an efficient instrument and not a place for endless discussions. — Omar Bongo

In this work I have received the opposition of a number of men who only advocate the unobtainable because the immediately possible is beyond their moral courage, administrative ability, and their political prescience. — John Burns

I am a feminist and an advocate for women's right to self-determination. I want a society in which women can voice their political views. We have shown that girls like us can perform courageous acts. By doing so, we are breaking up the prevailing image of women in Russia. We are not the weak sex. We don't always just sit at home, cook and take care of the kids. — Yekaterina Samutsevich

Ordinary people who are just kind of just going about their lives are transformed into heroes because they have the courage to put their voices out there. And I think that's a powerful message in this time of political strife. — Viola Davis

For me, what I've always seen in writers and artists is the courage it takes to make an original work of art. I think the real risks in literature are linguistic and intellectual, and I hope we can highlight those, as well as political courage. — Salman Rushdie

I think, the most progress I have agenda, the progressive platform in the history of the Democratic Party. So we have got to continue bringing people in, fighting for an agenda that works for working families and having the courage to take on the big money people who today control our economic and political life. — Bernie Sanders

I have no patience for injustice, no tolerance for government incompetence of which there is so much. No sympathy for leaders who fail their citizens. When innocent people suffer, because our political system lacks the will, or the courage, or the basic decency to enforce our laws – or still worse, has sold out to some corporate lobbyist for cash – I am not able to look the other way. — Donald Trump

Where I think Milo [Yiannopoulos] ran into trouble -when word spread that Milo had been invited to be the keynote speaker at Conservative Political Action Conference. I think CPAC, by inviting Milo, was an attempt to reach out to Millennials. I mean, they know. I know plenty of young people that think Milo is great, love Milo, admire Milo, think he's courageous doing what he does. — Rush Limbaugh

I also think we need unconventional political action, and I increasingly think that there is a need for people of faith to be able to do the kind of things that people of faith did 40 years ago in the heat of the civil rights revolution. This is a moral issue of every bit as much importance requiring every bit as much sacrifice, courage, and energy as that crisis did. — Bill McKibben

I'm defining [presidential courage] pretty narrowly. It's not only taking a big political risk but it's also the risk that in the hindsight of history, people think it's wise. — Michael Beschloss

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