“To see the right and not to do it is cowardice.”
Confucius
“Moral cowardice that keeps us from speaking our minds is as dangerous to this country as irresponsible talk. The right way is not always the popular and easy way. Standing for right when it is unpopular is a true test of moral character.”
Margaret Chase Smith
“To know what is right and not do it is the worst cowardice”
“To sin by silence when they should protest makes cowards of men.”
Abraham Lincoln
“To be one's self, and unafraid whether right or wrong, is more admirable than the easy cowardice of surrender to conformity.”
Irving Wallace
“I have plumbed the depth of human cowardice and I realized that there is only one way to be right, and that is to be in power.”
Georges Bidault
“Falsehood is cowardice, the truth courage.”
Hosea Ballou
