Brewer's: Courage of One's Opinion

To have the courage of one's opinion means to utter, maintain, and act according to one's opinion, be the consequences what they may. The French use the same locution. Martyrs may be said to have had the courage of their opinions.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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