Bombing Quote by Medea Benjamin

For one thing, I don't think that anybody in any war thinks of themselves as a hero.

— Steven Spielberg

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

Heroes? Vietnam Vets are heroes. The guys who tried to rescuse our hostages in Iran are heroes. I'm just a hockey player.

— Mike Eruzione

“In the emergency of growing up, we all need heroes. But the father I grew up with was no hero to me, not then.…

— Tom Bissell

“I hear civilians saying we’re all heroes, heard someone… was it Arthur Godfrey on Armed Forces Radio? I can’t recall, but it’s nonsense anyway.…

— Michael Grant

In World War II movies, everybody is gung ho and patriotic. The Vietman War was somewhat different, to say the least.

— Ken Wahl

Fortunately most of the people who were involved in anti-Vietnam activity did not con themselves into being like the violent people they didn't want.

— Nat Hentoff

I do not believe that the men who served in uniform in Vietnam have been given the credit they deserve. It was a difficult…

— William Westmoreland

The true history of Vietnamese civilian suffering does not fit comfortably into America's preferred postwar narrative - the tale of a conflict nobly fought…

— Nick Turse

“There is no such thing as a “war hero”, because there is nothing about war that is heroic.”

— Michelle Templet

Had there been a reporter along with Lieutenant Calley when he massacred those people in Vietnam, I think that probably wouldn't have happened.

— Bob Schieffer

There are people to whom heroism under fire comes naturally and seemingly without effort, but Patton was not one of them.

— Michael Korda