"Most of all, a case about an individual, a courageous and determined and dying woman, and the extent to which her individual rights are protected under the convention".
So many times we witness individuals doing courageous things and we are in awe of their fearlessness.
On Tuesday, the San Francisco Pride Committee, under a new board, did the LGBT community proud by finally conferring one of our community's highest honors upon one of its most courageous individuals, Private Chelsea (formerly Bradley) Manning.
Individuals can and do make a difference, whether it be a courageous individual like Raoul Wallenberg, Rosa Parks or Jackie Robinson.
This courageous individual attracts huge respect and inspiration.
In the town square of villages in almost every nation, there is a statue celebrating not a board committee but a courageous individual leader.
"The African media has lost a truly courageous individual whose bravery in the face of government intimidation served as an inspiration for other journalists," David Dadge, the director of the International Press Institute, said on the institute's Web site.
And yet, somehow, in the final act – because he's strong, because he's got some sort of gift, or simply because he's the good guy – the courageous individual wins.
And it can be no accident that the most properly courageous individual in this book is a woman barely out of her teens, a woman who only remains at Jamaica Inn because she cannot bear to leave her aunt unprotected.
The head of MI6, Sir John Sawers, said he welcomed the decision not to charge any of his officers at the conclusion of the twin investigations and said that the "courageous individual" at the centre of Operation Iden would now be able to continue his work in support of national security.
