Standing up for your beleifs

[AntiochusIII]

Great men do not see grey in terms of fundamental beliefs, no matter their age.

Certainly Bismarch was ready to compromise if it would allow him to nab away a bit more of France, don't you think? How about Thomas Jefferson's presidency? He did compromised a lot. Or even Leo Tolstoy's most productive time being young and flexible, rather than an old, absolute, even possibly pathetic moralist he was in the later years of his life? How about, in fact, Henry Clay, the "Great Pacificator?"

If none of those are great men to you, I'd certainly not like to know what kind of men in your mind makes "the Great."

It is important that people stand up for what is right, not pussyfoot around, because if no one does, then every one suffers.

What is right? If it's your own opinion, then defend yourself, but your neighbor might disagree, and you are in no obligation to "save" him.

I don't really want to go into the "My God is bigger than your god" or "I'm right; you're wrong" scenarios. People are different in opinions and mindset.