Remnant

"In every declining civilization there is a small 'remnant' of people who adhere to the right against the wrong; who recognize the difference between good and evil and who will take an active stand for the former and against the latter; who can still think and discern and who will courageously take a stand against the political, social, moral, and spiritual rot or decay of their day."
--Donald S. McAlvaney
Source: "Toward a New World Order", 360 (2nd ed. 1992)