It was still bravado, but in this case brave.
But Mr Cameron has been not so much cautious as apathetic, ineffective and fickle.The prime minister made a brave and passionate case for armed intervention in Libya against Muammar Qaddafi.
"Notwithstanding the fact that we are going to have a referendum, we have a prime minister who is leading the way on prison reform, who made a brave and compelling case for the need to change.
In many cases, brave investigative reporters have generated interest in prisoners' innocence, helping them to obtain investigations, new trials, and exonerations.
And if the news of Jennifer Lawrence braving a bad case of pneumonia to attend the SAG Awards wasn't exactly in Liz Taylor tracheotomy territory, it was enough to pique my interest.
That in both cases brave women came forward ― subjecting themselves to public humiliation, harassment and threatened physical harm ― only to have angry white men push their allegations aside isn't lost on any of us.
"Bishop Wuerl took a brave stand in my case," Mr. Bendig said in an interview.
In the latter case, being brave enough to guide a partner very clearly and patiently will often produce excellent results.
Vladimir Putin needs little help looking strong, authoritative or brave but, just in case, his deputy prime minister, Dmitry Rogozin, gave him a propaganda push on Thursday by tweeting a picture of the Russian president petting a tiger while Barack Obama – in what can only be described as a stark contrast – holds up a pretty little poodle.
And when there has been an actual notable case of brave parents successfully taking on the system it of course gets swept under the rug.
