Courage is inherently lonely. It's lonely to make hard decisions, to stand up to a bully, to take huge risks for the sake of doing what one thinks it right. How much courage does it take to go along with the crowd?
Political courage is no exception. How much courage does it take to disregard a sound public policy - a balanced budget, for example - in order to gain power, or to avoid losing it?
Ironically, how much power - particularly regarding the bully or "the crowd" - there is in the lonely act of showing courage!
