For one thing, I don't think that anybody in any war thinks of themselves as a hero.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I'm not a hero. The military is.
We tend to think of heroes only in terms of violent combat, whether it's against enemies or a natural disaster. But human beings also perform radical acts of compassion; we just don't talk about them, or we don't talk about them as much.
I don't believe in war as a solution to any kind of conflict, nor do I believe in heroism on the battlefield because I have never seen any.
There are a lot of people who can be classified as heroes and do great things and inspire me.
There's a tendency when you write a book to portray yourself as the hero.
A hero cannot be a hero unless in a heroic world.
I think of a hero as someone who understands the degree of responsibility that comes with his freedom.
It takes a hero to be one of those men who goes into battle.
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 them.
I saw some war heroes... John Kerry is not a war hero. He couldn't tie the shoes of some of the people in Coastal Division 11.