| "There is a need for heroism in American life today." »Vicki Baum |
| "The opportunities for heroism are limited in this kind of world the most people can do is sometimes not to be as weak as they've been at other times." »Angus N. Wilson |
| "heroism on command, senseless violence, and all the loathsome nonsense that goes by the name of patriotism -how passionately I hate them" »Albert Einstein |
| "To go against the dominant thinking of your friends, of most of the people you see every day, is perhaps the most difficult act of heroism you can perform." »Theodore Harold White |
| "The greatest obstacle to being heroic is the doubt whether one may not be going to prove one's self a fool the truest heroism is, to resist the doubt and the profoundest wisdom, to know when it ought to be resisted, and when to be obeyed." »Nathaniel Hawthorne |
| "Israel has created a new image of the Jew in the world-the image of a working and an intellectual people, of a people that can fight with heroism." »Benjamin Nnamdi Azikiwe |
| "I used to think that the Civil War was our country's greatest tragedy, but I do remember that there were some redeeming features in the Civil War in that there was some spirit of sacrifice and heroism displayed on both sides. I see no redeeming features in Watergate." »Sam James Ervin, Jr. |
| "He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would fully suffice. This disgrace to civilization should be done away with at once. heroism at command, senseless brutality, and all the loathsome nonsense that goes by the name of patriotism, how violently I hate all this, how despicable and ignoble war is I would rather be torn to shreds than be part of so base an action It is my conviction that killing under the cloak of war is nothing but an act of murder." »Albert Einstein |
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