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Courage Is The First Virtue

Ahmed El Ahmed Inspires World With Kinetic Courage.

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James Strock
Dec 17, 2025
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Courage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities, because it is the quality which guarantees all others. —Samuel Johnson

I have rarely met with what I would call two-o’clock-in-the-morning courage—that is, unprepared courage, which, in spite of the most unforeseen events, leaves full freedom of judgment and decision. —Napoleon Bonaparte, quoted i…

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