“It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare.”
~Mark Twain
“Every man has his own courage, and is betrayed because he seeks in himself the courage of other persons.”
~Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Coward: One who, in a perilous emergency, thinks with his legs.”
~Ambrose Bierce
“Fear has its use but cowardice has none.”
~Mahatma Gandhi
“Courage is almost a contradiction in terms. It means a strong desire to live taking the form of readiness to die.”
~G.K. Chesterton
“America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between.”
~Oscar Wilde
In being an American you must know the history of Afro-Americans in this country. The 60s and 70s were a special time for being made aware of the state and plight of Afro-Americans in this country. To be an Afro-American and an elected official, but not having an agenda to address the needs of Afro-Americans in America is to raise a red flag about both your humanity, and being an American. As well as believing in Democracy
The state of Afro-Americans today and yesterday, as well as the future is attributable to the policies and priorities of government. This fact cannot be questioned to the contrary, just as the existence of poverty; hunger and homelessness are directly attributable to the policies and priorities of the American government.