A Great Man

For me, Amazing Grace is a great film which follows the struggle of a remarkable man toward abolishing the slave trade. William Wilberforce was the man who persistently crusaded despite defeats. He and his friend William Pitt had a youthful, we-can-conquer-the-world attitude as they dreamed to change the world--and they did for the better.
Amazing Grace was insightful to the difficullty process that came through outlawing slavery in the United Kingdom. It wasn't the simple sidenote, "oh and in 18.. Britian abolished the slave trade....and now on to...." which some history teachers make it out to be but was a auduous campaign which took years of work, organization, and the sacrifice of William Wilberforce. He gave so much to see his dream realized and it wasnt just his dream but many people's dreams which Wilberforce championed and became the spokes person who had the courage to stand up admid shouts and speak his conscience.
In the final scene Lord Fox speaks "When people speak of great men, they think of men like Napoleon - men of violence. Rarely do they think of peaceful men. But contrast the reception they will receive when they return home from their battles. Napoleon will arrive in pomp and in power, a man who's achieved the very summit of earthly ambition. And yet his dreams will be haunted by the oppressions of war. William Wilberforce, however, will return to his family, lay his head on his pillow and remember: the slave trade is no more.
[Wilberforce receives a standing ovation from the entire House and the Gallery] ,
Wilberforce was a Great Man who proclaimed and sacrificed for the truth of his convictions.