A decline in courage may be the most striking feature which an outside observer notices in the West in our days. The Western world has lost its civic courage  both as a whole and separately  in each country  in each government  in each political party  and  of course  in the United Nations. Such a decline in courage is particularly noticeable among the ruling groups and the intellectual elite  causing an impression that the loss of courage extends to the entire society.
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
courage, bravery