Introduction Caroline Kennedy p. ix
Foreword Robert F. Kennedy p. xv
Preface p. xxi
I. Courage and Politics p. 1
Part 1 The Time and the Place p. 23
II. John Quincy Adams "The magistrate is the servant not ... of the people, but of his God." p. 29
Part 2 The Time and the Place p. 51
III. Daniel Webster "... not as a Massachusetts man ... but as an American ..." p. 57
IV. Thomas Hart Benton "I despise the bubble popularity ..." p. 75
V. Sam Houston "... I can forget that I am called a traitor." p. 93
Part 3 The Time and the Place p. 111
VI. Edmund G. Ross "I ... looked down into my open grave." p. 115
VII. Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar "Today I must be true or false ..." p. 139
Part 4 The Time and the Place p. 165
VIII. George Norris "I have come home to tell you the truth." p. 170
IX. Robert A. Taft "... liberty of the individual to think his own thoughts ..." p. 193
X. Other Men of Political Courage "... consolation ... for the contempt of mankind." p. 206
XI. The Meaning of Courage p. 217
Bibliography p. 227
Index p. 239