We can't all be heroes, because somebody has to sit on the curb and clap as they go by.
— Will Rogers
US Major: We'll have to move these civilians. Can't see the target for the limbo dancers.
SAS Commander: Those are innocent bystanders!
US Major: There's no such thing in my experience. They're all hand in glove with the gooks.
SAS Commander: We are not in Vietnam now, Major. Those chaps carry British passports. And if any of them have to die, it'll be by a British bullet.
SAS Commander: Those are innocent bystanders!
US Major: There's no such thing in my experience. They're all hand in glove with the gooks.
SAS Commander: We are not in Vietnam now, Major. Those chaps carry British passports. And if any of them have to die, it'll be by a British bullet.
"What about self defense? What if a bystander pulls a gun?"
"Then he's no longer a bystander, is he?"
"Then he's no longer a bystander, is he?"
— Sword of Gideon (1986)
Supergirl: Good Lord! Don't you care what happens to these people?
Barry: Frankly... NO!
Barry: Frankly... NO!
— Supergirl Volume 2 #23
I didn't tell her that's exactly how I felt after New Krypton. After my people killed thousands of innocent bystanders.
He wasn't in the game.
"You fight by Darkseid’s rules, and you’re going to kill somebody. And it won’t be him."
