One of my American heroes is the great former U.S…

“I believed creativity to be the expression of the person, who they were inside. Evil didn't create beauty like this. This was honest. I…

— L. R. W. Lee

“To the anonymous reviewer of George F. Kennan's book, Russia Leaves the War, who wrote in the Times Literary Supplement (London), January 4, 1957,…

— Barbara Tuchman

The first time I set out to find George F. Kennan, in 1982, I had just turned 21, begun my final semester at Princeton…

— Barton Gellman

George Kennan is another extreme case. He was the American consul in Berlin until the war between Germany and the United States broke out…

— Noam Chomsky

For me, personally, I grew up watching American heroes and American movies and TV.

— Sean Maguire

How fantastic that the American ingenuity of NASA scientists got us to Mars. It makes me proud to be an American. I can't get…

— Jennifer Granholm

Those who put their lives on the line overseas are undoubtedly American heroes, but it's time for us to remember that those who serve…

— Tammy Duckworth

To all who have served in our military, thank you. The sacrifices you made in honor and duty to our country are worthy of…

— Anonymous

In a sense, by closing off the idea that young Muslims, and particularly young Muslim men, can be American heroes, it increases the chance…

— Mohsin Hamid

Steve McQueen was from a time when you didn't know every little dirty thing about our public figures. He and James Dean were very…

— Sheryl Crow

The American heroes are wearing camo. That's not me.

— T. J. Oshie

From Clara Barton's tireless work founding the American Red Cross to the first female Medal of Honor winner, Dr. Mary Walker, to our first…

— Brian Kilmeade

Most American heroes of the Revolutionary period are by now two men, the actual man and the romantic image. Some are even three men…

— Esther Forbes

The story of the Underground Railroad is the story of American heroes, and who doesn't want to hear a story about American heroes?

— Misha Green

I think John Coltrane is one of the great American heroes, like Abraham Lincoln and Emily Dickinson.

— Simon Van Booy