[2] Italian journalist and writer Franca Magnani [de] (1925–1996) wrote, "Je mehr Bürger mit Zivilcourage ein Land hat, desto weniger Helden wird es einmal brauchen" ("The more citizens with civil courage a country has, the fewer heroes it needs").
Civil courage is displayed when a person, in spite of the perceived threat of such negative consequences, acts to intervene in a social context.
[6] This is demonstrated in the case of whistleblowers, who do not necessarily risk their lives but whose action could lead to prison time.
who associate civil courage with non-violence as developed by Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr. and who cite such association as the cause why it faded as a model of conduct—due to the perception that it is uninteresting and boring when compared to violent revolution as a way of making social change.
And that’s all our society needs, just that, just that, just that!”[8] A study from 2021 showed that German citizens consider the following contexts relevant to learn civil courage: “at home and/or from family”, “through volunteering”, “in sports organizations”, “in extracurricular activities”, “in school”, “in professional organizations”, “from friends”, and “in youth movements”.