THEN TO SIDE WITH TRUTH

Then to side with truth is noble,
When we share her wretched crust,
Ere her cause bring fame and profit,
And 'tis prosperous to be just;
Then it is the brave man chooses
While the coward stands aside,
Till the multitude make virtue
Of the faith they had denied.

James Russell Lowell, American poet and critic,
1819-91

(Excerpt from The Present Crisis)