Courage is required
“Hope has two beautiful daughters their names are anger and courage; Anger at the way things are, and courage to see that they do not remain the way they are.” (Augustine, Summa Theologica) In the world of greed for power there is little space left for morality. Robert Fogel, University of Chicago economic historian and winner of the 1993 Nobel Prize for economics, said on the day his award was announced, "intense beam of morality... can change history." [1] To start and nurture that “beam of morality” requires courage, knowledge of history, sharing stories, and patience in pursuing the truth. Every family in the Soviet Union lost at least one member in the World War II. Intelligent and well-educated Germans became obsessed Hitler-phrenics and followed their leader, who promised them Europe and Asia, as their dominion in exchange of loyalty. One man-dictatorship created an army...