Air Quote by James Carroll

I wouldn't characterize anybody who fought in Vietnam as a war hero. In 23 bombing sorties, there must have been civilians that were killed…

— Medea Benjamin

“The Chicago Daily News Foreign Service presents herewith the first attempt to recount historically one of the great American tragedies of the Pacific War:…

— George Weller

They fought on with a devotion which would puzzle the generation of the 1980s. More surprising, in many instances it would have baffled the…

— William Manchester

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

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

War was a way of life for Americans in the early forties. Heroism was expected.

— Orson Bean

The Americans had not played a very prominent part in the war of 1914-1918, he (Adolf Hitler) thought, and moreover, had not made any…

— Albert Speer

“The Americans had a wide range of feelings about it, but there is no question about their bravery and patriotism. In the worst days…

— Mark Bowden

We have a lot of heroes. We have Asian heroes, we have Asian American heroes, men, women, of all ages, and not all of…

— Simu Liu

All American wars (except the Civil War) have been fought with the odds overwhelmingly in favor of the Americans. In the history of armed…

— H. L. Mencken

All of the American's foreign wars have been fought with foes either too weak to resist them or too heavily engaged elsewhere to make…

— H. L. Mencken

“If you think a lad of thirteen would have been so childish, you must be an exceptionally wise man, who, although you are devoted…

— George Eliot