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Profiles in Courage
by John F. Kennedy
Eight senators who risked careers for principle, from John Quincy Adams to Robert Taft. Whatever the authorship debate, the portraits of political courage endure.
Read it if…
you want examples of conviction over career.
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Skip it if…
you want current politics.
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Three things you will actually use
- Courage costs.
- Conscience over party.
- History judges differently than voters.
Do this first
Read the chapter on Edmund Ross.
Our verdict
Eight acts of courage.
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