“Only as a warrior can one survive the path of knowledge,” don Juan said. “Because the art of a warrior is to balance the terror of being a man with the wonder of being a man.”
If you define cowardice as running away at the first sign of danger, screaming and tripping and begging for mercy, then yes, Mr. Brave man, I guess I'm a coward.
We are willing enough to praise freedom when she is safely tucked away in the past and cannot be a nuisance. In the present, amidst dangers whose outcome we cannot foresee, we get nervous about her, and admit censorship.