But there was more to Budge's game than one stroke, just as there was more to Budge than his red hair, gentleman's demeanor and unflappable court courage.
Until then, we have a series of attractive Marshalls who are nonetheless haunted by the specter of the accidental jurist who Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. thought had little truly original to offer beyond "a strong intellect, a good style, personal ascendancy in his court, courage, justice and convictions of his party".
In addition, he explained "we've become a more rights-oriented society," with a range of civil liberties groups "giving courts courage from knowing they're not alone".
Calling the decision an "unbelievable victory," Mr. Richenthal said at the time, "This court showed courage and strength in dealing with the legal principles, not threats".
Yet when he finally secured a 6-3, 6-7, 4-6, 7-5, 6-3 victony on Centre Court of courage, power and no little skill he could manage no more than a shy smile.
"We applaud the court for its courage and support for the law".
Ward was the first victim of Savile to speak out on camera, with journalists telling the court that her courage had resulted in 500 other victims of the serial sex attacker coming forward.
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South Africa's judiciary, which is majority black, defended the independence of the courts with extraordinary courage and under great pressure.
"Finally, the courts have found courage which they never had under the Mahathir regime," said one observer, Param Cumaraswamy, vice president of the Geneva-based International Commission of Jurists.
It reminds us of the importance of dissent within democracies in time of war a test that, with regard to Vietnam at least, America can claim to have passed, thanks in the end to its press, its courts and the courage of troublemakers like Mr Ellsberg.
