According To John F. Kennedy, Author Of Profiles In Courage, The Most Admirable

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According to John F. Kennedy, author of Profiles in Courage, the most admirable of all human virtues in courage. Courage reqireÌ#noglut
tanvingôrua±jfirations, no magic, and no special combination of time, place, and circumstance. It is a time for each man to look deep into his own soul. Being politically courageous means standing up for the good of the country, no matter what@theŸ`on4fquncea. Iº#th¸#bo~k, Profiles in Courage, Kennedy discusses eight men, John Quincy Adams, Daniel Webster, Thomas Hart Benton, Sam Houston, Edmund G. Ross, Lucius Quintus Cincinnatius Lamar, George Norris, and Robert A. Taft, whom he thought posssseÛ#th"#vitue2of ·lur¼de.1However, in my opinion, not every man portrayed in this book possesses the attribute of political courage.

John Quincy Adams, a senator from Massachusetts, was abandoned by the Federalist party simply because he placed natinalŸjnt"qes
betoreôsar©z ad section. He tended to lean to a nonpartisan, non-sectional approach on all aspects of debate and action. His views made him a great senator but, as a person, Adams was little to be desired. With an inferiority complex the siz ofŸWex&p ad a2con jnu¼o n~nacceptance of himself, a psychiatrist and a prescription of prozac would be highly recommended. No matter what happened, good or bad, Adams sought his fathers acceptance. He felt his father was the only one who would accept hi
. HÐtev"q, ron{cal¸z, œgamb supported the man who beat his father out for president. On September 18, 1807 Jefferson called upon Congress to retaliate against the British by enacting an embargo effectively shutting off all further international trade. AlhouØk h"#knw if wo¡od qobpbly cost him his seat in Congress, John Quincy Adams took the senate floor and openly supported the bill. Needless to say, with good reason, the Federalists were outraged. The embargo completely idled the shipbuilding industry,@desËqoy"g te szipp½mg ©qadt, and tied up the fishing vessels. It looks to me like Adams bombed that decision. Even though he deserted his party, stood alone, and followed his puritan beliefs, he felt he could never do sufficient good. He stated, “Two-thids Ðe agoon lite hµue bsstd, and I have done nothing to distinguish it by usefulness to my country and mankind....”. If Adams doesn’t believe that his decision was for the betterment of the country, even though his decision had a harsh effect, then neiter Ûl Ii#I oulv li¿f t²#asz Kennedy what possessed him to call this spi...

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