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To know what is right and not to do it is the worst cowardice.
To know what is right and not to do it is the worst cowardice.
The people to fear are not those who disagree with you, but those who disagree with you and are too read more
The people to fear are not those who disagree with you, but those who disagree with you and are too cowardly to let you know.
The Framers of the Bill of Rights did not purport to "create" rights. Rather, they designed the Bill of Rights read more
The Framers of the Bill of Rights did not purport to "create" rights. Rather, they designed the Bill of Rights to prohibit our Government from infringing rights and liberties presumed to be preexisting.
To be one's self, and unafraid whether right or wrong, is more admirable than the easy cowardice of surrender to read more
To be one's self, and unafraid whether right or wrong, is more admirable than the easy cowardice of surrender to conformity.
Cowardice... is almost always simply a lack of ability to suspend functioning of the imagination.
Cowardice... is almost always simply a lack of ability to suspend functioning of the imagination.
There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we read more
There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest.
Strength is Happiness. Strength is itself victory. In weakness and cowardice there is no happiness. When you wage a struggle, read more
Strength is Happiness. Strength is itself victory. In weakness and cowardice there is no happiness. When you wage a struggle, you might win or you might lose. But regardless of the short-term outcome, the very fact of your continuing to struggle is proof of your victory as a human being.
All, too, will bear in mind this sacred principle, that though the will of the majority is in all cases read more
All, too, will bear in mind this sacred principle, that though the will of the majority is in all cases to prevail, that will, to be rightful, must be reasonable; that the minority possess their equal rights, which equal laws must protect, and to violate would be oppression.
There are several good protections against temptation, but the surest is cowardice.
There are several good protections against temptation, but the surest is cowardice.