Yes, It Takes Courage

What if it is necessary to criticize a "good man."?  Of course it is easy to point out the failings of a criminal.  Of course it is obviously easy to point out the shortcomings of those who have violated the law.  But what if that person that needs to be corrected is in a position of power?  What if he has done many people special favors?  What if he has "friends in high places" ?  What if he has provided many people with good jobs?  This is not a new problem.  It has existed since societies have existed.  William Lloyd Garrison was a journalist who spoke adamantly against slavery.  He made many enemies.  He was threatened. He did not seem to care.  He saw a greater good.

"Little boldness is needed to assail the opinions and practices of notoriously wicked men; but to rebuke great and good men for their conduct, and to impeach their discernment, is the highest effort of moral courage." 

 William Lloyd Garrison(1805-1879)  American abolitionist, journalist, and social reformer