"Few are willing to brave the disapproval of their fellows,

the censure of the colleagues, the wrath of their society.

Moral courage is a rarer commodity than bravery

in battle or great intelligence. Yet it is the one essential,

vital quality for those who seek to change

a world that yields most painfully to change.

Each time a person stands up for an idea,

or acts to improve the lot of others,

or strikes out against injustice,

(s)he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope,

and crossing each other from a million different

centers of energy and daring, those ripples build

a current that can sweep down the

mightiest walls of oppression and resistance."

- Robert F. Kennedy