[Mick]

I read the reference to moral courage in this thread as a reminder of leaders of the past who have faced down crisis and united a nation in response to it. The Lincolns, FDRs, and Churchills. Creating united national response to hard times and challenges through leadership. And this far into this pandemic, we squabble about what to do because we have the polar opposite of leadership.

I don't think of what FDR did as being particularly courageous.  The country needed federal help, needed it now and needed a lot of it.  FDR went all gas, no brake, to the appreciation of millions.  Churchill was courageous, his reward was to be voted out of office.  Lincoln was courageous, he was murdered in office.

In a democracy, all too often, moral courage = being voted out of office.  In business and in politics, use your political capital wisely.

[Mick]

I read the reference to moral courage in this thread as a reminder of leaders of the past who have faced down crisis and united a nation in response to it. The Lincolns, FDRs, and Churchills. Creating united national response to hard times and challenges through leadership. And this far into this pandemic, we squabble about what to do because we have the polar opposite of leadership.

I don't think of what FDR did as being particularly courageous.  The country needed federal help, needed it now and needed a lot of it.  FDR went all gas, no brake, to the appreciation of millions.  Churchill was courageous, his reward was to be voted out of office.  Lincoln was courageous, he was murdered in office.

In a democracy, all too often, moral courage = being voted out of office.  In business and in politics, use your political capital wisely.