[rxsid]

“In the beginning of a change the patriot is a scarce man, and brave, and hated and scorned. When his cause succeeds, the timid join him, for then it costs nothing to be a patriot.” Mark Twain (1904)

[HollyB]

Yes, indeed that is true.

[Uncle Chip]

“In the beginning of a change the patriot is a scarce man, and brave, and hated and scorned. When his cause succeeds, the timid join him, for then it costs nothing to be a patriot.” Mark Twain (1904)

How very true. The mark of a soldier is someone who does more than talk, or hope, or pretend, or complain, but actually puts his body and life on the line.