Courage Quotes

Fear is universal. So is the choice to act despite it. These quotes honor that choice.

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"One has to still have chaos in oneself."
Michel Foucault
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"What fascinates me is how individuals rise up against systems."
Michel Foucault
"Courage is the willingness to act despite certain doom."
Friedrich Engels
"Courage grows when standing with others in common purpose."
Friedrich Engels
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"In the presence of great difficulties, we must always endeavor to maintain our composure."
Jeremy Bentham
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"True courage is not the absence of fear, but action in spite of it."
Jeremy Bentham
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"The proletariat has nothing to lose but its chains."
Karl Marx
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"A man may lack everything but if he does not lose his courage nothing is lost."
Antonio Gramsci
"The person who can be only an easy optimist is a coward."
John Stuart Mill
"The time is always right to do what is right."
John Stuart Mill
"A man who has nothing for which he is willing to die is a man who has nothing for which he is willing to live."
John Stuart Mill
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"I therefore fearlessly challenge the verdict which this House is going to give."
Lord Palmerston
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"Courage is not the absence of fear, but the determination to act despite fear."
Lord Palmerston
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"The man who never made a mistake never tried anything new."
Lord Palmerston
"Workers of the world, unite; you have nothing to lose but your chains."
Friedrich Engels
"Each generation must fight its own battles for freedom and justice."
Friedrich Engels
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"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing."
Edmund Burke
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"There is, however, a limit at which forbearance ceases to be a virtue."
Edmund Burke
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"Danger and deliverance make their advances together."
Edmund Burke
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"History teaches us that those who wish to change the world must be bold."
Antonio Gramsci
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"Obsequiousness is the basest of vices; resistance the noblest of virtues."
Jeremy Bentham
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"The workers have nothing to lose but their chains."
Karl Marx
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"To be radical is to grasp the root of the matter."
Karl Marx
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"The workers of the world have nothing to lose but their chains, and a world to win."
Karl Marx
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"To resist power effectively, one must understand that it does not come from a single point but circulates everywhere."
Michel Foucault
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"To resist effectively, one must first understand the very mechanisms through which one is being shaped and controlled."
Michel Foucault
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"A man who has no confidence in himself can never have confidence in his country."
Lord Palmerston
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"In times of crisis, a leader must be calm, decisive, and true to his convictions."
Lord Palmerston
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"A man of principle will be called stubborn by those who lack principle themselves."
Lord Palmerston
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"A leader must sometimes do what is right rather than what is popular."
Lord Palmerston