Courage
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The UMNO, despite its electoral victory, would have even less of the moral
courage
needed to block the PAS agenda.
Reaching a global agreement on climate change this year in Copenhagen will require political
courage
from leaders around the world.
A former CNN journalist, her quiet bearing and diplomatic manner belie her courage: she captured her husband’s heart as she was reporting from Baghdad on the eve of “shock and awe,” standing firm before the cameras even as the bombs were falling.
In the age of human rights, the United Nations must have the
courage
to recognize that just as there are common aims, there are common enemies.
The people of Zimbabwe deserve a celebration for their
courage
and determination.
After all, whereas change via legislation would require political
courage
– a quality sorely lacking in the current Indian government – the judiciary is not hampered by such considerations.
And we must also thank F. W. de Klerk, the last ruler of the dying apartheid regime, who exhibited moral
courage
by setting in motion our liberating revolution.
The Japanese have shown admirable
courage
in the face of unthinkable tragedy.
It was left to individual citizens, often through public stances of preposterous courage, to realize that document’s basic premises.
Its rationale is to recognize that ordinary people, when confronted with man’s inhumanity to man, can mobilize extraordinary reserves of courage, compassion, and commitment, and have a major life-saving impact.
Only two recent American presidents have had the
courage
needed to shun appeasement: Ronald Reagan and George W. Bush.
Moreover, the principle of sexual selection implies that, in addition to regulating bodily functions, the nervous system indirectly influences the progressive development of bodily and mental structures such as ornamental appendages; cognitive skills like musical ability; and characteristics such as
courage
and perseverance.
When the dollar appreciated and recession came, politicians with too little statesmanship to balance the budget in good times turned out to have too little
courage
to balance the budget when times turned hard.
In a recent statement about the burning suburbs, Chirac declared: “We will have to draw all the lessons from this crisis, when the time comes and order has been restored, and with a lot of
courage
and lucidity.”
It was an act of
courage
and determination that anchored democracy forever in the soul of Spain.
One can admire Vargas Llosa for his
courage
in taking the plunge, without being entirely convinced that it was the right plunge to take.
Countering such assaults on democracy will require political leaders to show
courage
and vision – as French President Emmanuel Macron has so far – in defending the values that underpin democratic governance.
The leaders of Britain’s major parties showed that they have neither a coherent plan for Brexit, nor the
courage
to reject it.
Such political
courage
is not a thing of the past.
Yet, as President Donald Trump and a majority of Congressional Republicans attempt to pass a tax bill that would benefit America’s wealthiest households at the expense of saddling the country with more than $1 trillion in additional debt, such
courage
could not be more necessary.
His
courage
as a prisoner of war for five years in Vietnam seems to be doubted only by Trump, and the dignified way he is battling brain cancer today has only heightened the esteem in which most Americans hold him.
A German Europe would never work, and the country’s political class lacks both the
courage
and the determination to pursue a European Germany.
A lack of vision, courage, and strength of purpose is on display in all European capitals, but especially so in Berlin (and on the part of government and opposition alike).
And both not only lacked the
courage
to stand up to Netanyahu’s maligning of Israeli Arabs as enemies of the state, but also refused even to consider forming a parliamentary alliance with Arab parties.
With the support of a broad-based constituency, political leaders might then find the
courage
both to initiate change and hold a now-weakened oligarchy at bay.
(It now holds 15 seats in the Knesset, up from 13.)Blue and White lacked the political
courage
to defy Zionist parties’ prohibition of cooperation with the Joint List.
If Biden wins on November 3, internationally minded Democrats in all branches of government will have to think big and have the
courage
of their convictions.
Looking back, I marvel at my
courage
– I bargained, and we settled on $5.
And our mother, a beacon of hope and
courage
for hundreds of thousands, including judges and law-enforcement officials, was executed in broad daylight.
Rather than an exponent of courage, it has the Prince of Cynicism – a scruffy knock-off who adapts his opinions to whatever is politically expedient.
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