Start doing the things you think should be done, and start being what you think society should become. Do you believe in free speech? Then speak freely. Do you love the truth? Then tell it. Do you believe in an open society? Then act in the open. Do you believe in a decent and humane society? Then behave decently and humanely. -Adam Michnik.
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I've developed a new philosophy... I only dread one day at a time.
I've developed a new philosophy... I only dread one day at a time.
Brave men are all vertebrates; they have their softness on the surface and their toughness in the middle.
Brave men are all vertebrates; they have their softness on the surface and their toughness in the middle.
There's no substitute for guts.
There's no substitute for guts.
If there is one thing upon this earth that mankind love and admire better than another, it is a brave read more
If there is one thing upon this earth that mankind love and admire better than another, it is a brave man, -- it is the man who dares to look the devil in the face and tell him he is a devil.
You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to read more
You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor.
This is courage in a man: to bear unflinchingly what heaven sends.
This is courage in a man: to bear unflinchingly what heaven sends.
Perfect valour consists in doing without witnesses that which we would be capable of doing before everyone.
Perfect valour consists in doing without witnesses that which we would be capable of doing before everyone.
I'd rather give my life than be afraid to give it.
I'd rather give my life than be afraid to give it.
O friends, be men, and let your hearts be strong,
And let no warrior in the heat of fight
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O friends, be men, and let your hearts be strong,
And let no warrior in the heat of fight
Do what may bring him shame in others' eyes;
For more of those who shrink from shame are safe
Than fall in battle, while with those who flee
Is neither glory nor reprieve from death.
