Wanted: Moral Courage

Wanted: Moral Courage
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Lawrence W. Reed
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“It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world, and moral courage so rare,” wrote Mark Twain more than a century ago.

If moral courage means knowing what’s right and both doing it and defending it in spite of fear or obstructions, would you say we’ve improved over the years? My heart wants to say yes but my head tells me no. Every day seems to bring distressing news of moral courage in decline.

Lawrence W. Reed
Lawrence W. Reed
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Lawrence Reed is president emeritus of the Foundation for Economic Education in Atlanta and the author of “Real Heroes: Inspiring True Stories of Courage, Character, and Conviction“ and the best-seller “Was Jesus a Socialist?”
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