It requires greater courage to preserve inner freedom to move on in one's inward journey into new realms than to stand defiantly for outer freedom. It is often easier to play the martyr as it is to be rash in battle.
So the brother in black offers to these United States the source of courage that endures and laughter.
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There's only one requirement of any of us and that is to be courageous. Because courage as you might know defines all other human behavior. And I believe – because I've done a little of this myself – pretending to be courageous is just as good as the real thing.