Ukraine refused to be steamrolled. While the war is not over by a long shot and while the outcome remains uncertain, this brave democracy on the eastern edge of Europe (with massive assistance from the U.S. and other nations) is giving everyone a lesson on fighting for what you believe in.

Ukraine has recovered cities and territory from Russia, unearthing massacred bodies and drawing back the curtain on devastation of civilian homes and institutions. Who can forget the deadly attack on the maternity hospital in Mariupol, a devastated area which remains under Russian control

Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the stalwart president of Ukraine, can be credited with stiffening his nation’s strong backbone against seemingly overwhelming odds. He shows no fear, and his words have made others brave. He is the premier wordsmith of democracy for this generation, whose speeches and writings will ring through history as those of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Winston Churchill, Abraham Lincoln and Thomas ...