American soldier Quote by Anonymous

We aren't heroes out there in the military. We're just Patriots.

— Marcus Luttrell

Our national fondness for celebrating the physical heroism of soldiers - the apparent readiness with which they sacrifice their lives to larger causes -…

— Elizabeth Samet

A soldier is called to fight, the family of a soldier is called to understand, understanding makes us heroes too

— Sarah Moores

I ask you to remember that the Japanese troops are a strictly disciplined force and perform their duties with as little harmfulness as possible.

— Sadao Araki

I feel uncomfortable about the word hero because it seems to me that it is so rhetorically proximate to justifications for more war. Um,…

— Chris Hayes

“A poll of U.S. servicemen indicated that 44 percent would like to kill a Japanese soldier while only 6 percent felt the same way…

— David Livingstone Smith

American fighters of the Pacific War were not heroes. The desperation of island combat included exchanged barbarities of which no one would willingly speak…

— James Carroll

People call us heroes, but we are nothing compared to our police force and fire fighters and everybody who protects us and makes sure…

— Roman Reigns

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

People try to glorify war, particularly those who aren't actually fighting in them. People tend to make heroes of those who are fighting in…

— John Boyne

The word 'hero' has been bandied about a lot to refer to anyone killed in Afghanistan or Iraq. But anyone who voluntarily goes to…

— Ted Rall

I don't think that anybody in any war thinks of themselves as a hero. The minute anybody presumes that they are heroes, they get…

— Steven Spielberg