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A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government. — Edward Abbey

If not us, then who?
If not now, then when? — John E. Lewis

I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to
succeed, but I am bound to live up to what light I have. — Abraham Lincoln

Patience, that blending of moral courage with physical timidity. — Thomas Hardy

Everything started as nothing. — Auliq Ice

When will our consciences grow so tender that we will act to prevent human misery rather than avenge it? — Eleanor Roosevelt

Why is it that, among men, physical courage is a trait so plenteous yet moral courage is a trait so rare? — Mark Twain

Knowing what's right doesn't mean much unless you do what's right. — Theodore Roosevelt

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

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

A man of great common sense and good taste, meaning thereby a man without originality or moral courage. — George Bernard Shaw

Statements are made so plainly and positively that men have hardly the moral courage to pause upon them and find that they are without support. — G.K. Chesterton

Real courage is doing the right thing when nobody's looking. Doing the unpopular thing because it's what you believe, and the heck with everybody. — Justin Cronin

We need men with moral courage to speak and write their real thoughts, and to stand by their convictions, even to the very death. — Robert Green Ingersoll

Moral courage is the highest expression of humanity ... — Ralph Nader

It doesn't take courage to kill someone,' Klaus said. 'It takes a severe lack of moral stamina. — Lemony Snicket

The truth won't set us free - until we develop the skills and the habit and the talent and the moral courage to use it. — Margaret Heffernan

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

The only reason I'm in Hollywood is that I don't have the moral courage to refuse the money. — Marlon Brando

It seemed incredible to me, that physical courage should be so commonplace and revered, while moral courage ... is so rare and despised. — Albert Schweitzer

None of us can hope to get anywhere without character, moral courage and the spiritual strength to accept responsibility. — Thomas Watson Jr.

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

Never do a wrong thing to make a friend
or to keep one. — Robert E.Lee

Integrity is the ability to stand by an idea. — Ayn Rand

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

There are not enough morally brave men in stock. We are out of moral-courage material; we are in a condition of profound poverty. — Mark Twain

Could one make up for lack of moral courage by proving physical bravery? — Arthur C. Clarke

As regards moral courage, then, it is not so much that the public schools support it feebly, as that they suppress it firmly. — G.K. Chesterton

When moral courage feels that it is in the right, there is no personal daring of which it is incapable. — Leigh Hunt

Nature reacts not only to physical disease, but also to moral weakness; when the danger increases; she gives us greater courage — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

May what I do flow from me like a river, no forcing and no holding back, the way it is with children. — Rainer Maria Rilke

I have reached the conclusion that those who have physical courage also have moral courage. Physical courage is a great test. — Oriana Fallaci

Discouragement is a moral state, a failure of heart; you treat it by taking courage, not Prozac. — David Gelernter

Integrity is telling myself the truth. And honesty is telling the truth to other people. — Spencer Johnson

Courage was America's watchword, but a courage of the body rather than of the soul - physical courage, not moral. — Mary Roberts Rinehart

Moral courage is higher and a rarer virtue than physical courage. — William Slim

We need moral leadership and courage in our world. — Jacqueline Novogratz

The challenge is to resist circumstances. Any idiot can be happy in a happy place, but moral courage is required to be happy in a hellhole. — Joyce Carol Oates

Character, in the long run, is the decisive factor in the life of an individual and of nations alike. — Theodore Roosevelt

I would rather be a little nobody, then to be a evil somebody. — Abraham Lincoln

A man with outward courage dares to die; a man with inner courage dares to live. — Lao-Tzu

What do you believe reveals more about a man's character, his arrogance or his attempt to disguise it? — Aaron B. Powell

It takes moral courage to grieve; it requires religious courage to rejoice. — Soren Kierkegaard

Stand for right, even if you stand alone. — Thomas S. Monson

If wisdom in government eludes us, perhaps courage could substitute-the moral courage to terminate mistakes. — Barbara Tuchman

If there is anything that links the human to the divine, it is the courage to stand by a principle when everybody else rejects it. — Abraham Lincoln

Optimism is the true moral courage — Ernest Shackleton

I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of others, rather than to be false, and to incur my own abhorrence. — Frederick Douglass

Be with a leader when he is right, stay with him when he is still right, but, leave him when he is wrong. — Abraham Lincoln

Optimism is true moral courage. — Ernest Shackleton

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

I learned that moral courage is harder than physical courage. — Tim O'Brien

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

Moral courage is the most valuable and usually the most absent characteristic in men — George S. Patton Jr.

In war, the moral is to the physical as ten to one. — Napoleon Bonaparte

I don't like baseball movies. I like movies about moral courage and people who are indomitable and courageous and right. — Harrison Ford

It isn't the absence of conscience or values that prevents us from being all we should be, it is simply the lack of moral courage. — Michael Josephson

Buzyness, however, is moral laziness because it involves refusing to live with courage and intentionality. — Dan B. Allender

Jesus wants to give you five things: extravagant compassion, moral clarity, sacrificial courage, persevering hope, and refreshing joy, — Gary Haugen

A woman should have the ballot, because without this responsibility she cannot best develop her moral courage. — Jane Addams

Be faithful to that which exists within yourself. — Andre Gide

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

Stand with anyone that is right; stand with him while he is right and part with him when he goes wrong. — Abraham Lincoln

God grant me the courage not to give up what I think is right, even though I think it is hopeless. — Chester Nimitz

Present-day civilization is suffering from a lack of moral courage. So many people are in the inglorious business of keeping — Dean Merrill

The price paid for intellectual pacification is the sacrifice of the entire moral courage of the human mind. — John Stuart Mill

The Christian is to take his place in society with moral courage to stand up for that which is right, just, and honorable. — Billy Graham

If not now, then when? — John E. Lewis

Courage is a moral quality; it is not a chance gift of nature like an aptitude for games. It is a cold choice between two alternatives. — Charles Wilson, 1st Baron Moran

Have the moral courage to stand firm in obeying God's will, even if you have to stand alone. — Ulisses Soares

Moral courage further demands that you assume the responsibility for your own acts. — Napoleon Hill

You cannot have the right to do what is wrong! — Abraham Lincoln