That is the textbook definition of cowardice. Because you did lay down your principles, and yet, you didn't prevent great harm.
Keep your principles, and trust in God.
A coward dies a thousand deaths, and honest man, but one.
/johnny
Yes, you’re brave.
You also have a dictator-minded president, who managed to use your conservative purity standard to get himself elected and who may yet find a way to cancel the 2016 elections and be dictator for life.
Congratulations on that, you deserve a medal.