Being a political animal does not mean joining a party or having views about some abstract political society. It means acting in the political arena where you have clout-that is in your commercial and professional place of work. That is where you must make sure that you are not merely doing your job but doing your duty. So to sum up. Courage is not an individual quality, but also a social quality.
Courage is what it takes to hold together a human society.
Now graduates go and get some of that glory.