I've not seen in my lifetime any politician who is a heroic figure. The manipulation that all politicians use on one level or another is so transparent.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I don't believe there are heroes or saviours in politics.
The political hero is not like the sports champion or matinee idol or daring inventor; like the war hero, he is born only of tragedy.
People aren't universally heroic.
There's many heroic underappreciated investigative journalists.
Politicians often reveal most about themselves in unguarded moments.
Heroic people take risks to themselves to help others. There's nothing heroic about accepting $5 million to go out and run around chasing a ball, although you may show fortitude or those other qualities while you do it.
This, to me, is the ultimately heroic trait of ordinary people; they say no to the tyrant and they calmly take the consequences of this resistance.
People who really try to be conscious of what they have done, who take responsibility, to me these kinds of people are heroes.
I don't really like heroes who always behave heroically. That's not interesting to me.
I have seen heroics - soldiers saving other soldiers' lives - and horrors.
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