And I think most people in this country want to see a president that’s got the courage to say we’re going to cut the tax burden, and reduce the regulatory climate, and we’re going to get Americans working. 733
We are biological creatures. We are born, we live, we die. There is no transcendent purpose to existence. At best we are creatures of reason, and by using reason we can cure ourselves of emotional excess. Purged of both hope and fear, we find courage in the face of helplessness, insignificance and uncertainty. 716
There’s only one requirement of any of us, and that is to be courageous. Because courage, as you might know, defines all other human behavior. And, I believe – because I’ve done a little of this myself – pretending to be courageous is just as good as the real thing. 664
But courage which goes against military expediency is stupidity, or, if it is insisted upon by a commander, irresponsibility. 661
It takes a lot of courage to face up to things you can’t do because we feed ourselves so much denial. 632
Those who won our independence… valued liberty as an end and as a means. They believed liberty to be the secret of happiness and courage to be the secret of liberty. 705
Because with courage and conviction I believe we can deliver a more flexible, adaptable and open European Union in which the interests and ambitions of all its members can be met. 629
It requires greater courage to preserve inner freedom, to move on in one’s inward journey into new realms, than to stand defiantly for outer freedom. It is often easier to play the martyr, as it is to be rash in battle. 664
War alone brings up to their highest tension all human energies and imposes the stamp of nobility upon the peoples who have the courage to make it. 2.6K
The last thing a woman will consent to discover in a man whom she loves, or on whom she simply depends, is want of courage. 2.56K
