History Quotes / BeingGoodSucks

Except for Breyten Breytenbach, and [[TheExile he's emigrated to Paris]]\\

"Second, he really had a burden on his shoulders with the American symbol thing. Literally, Cap was unable to accept himself messing up. Because if Captain America was seen screwing up, doing anything badly, blowing a mission, it would almost be seen as America screwing up...that's not the way I thought, but it was the way Cap saw it. So he held himself to impossible standards. And he almost always met them. Almost. He was the best man to have on your side at any time. But I never envied him. Not a single day."''

-->--'''ComicBook/{{Superman}}''', ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague Unlimited'', "[[Recap/JusticeLeagueUnlimitedS2E12DividedWeFall Divided We Fall]]"

-->--'''Angel''', ''Series/{{Angel}}''

-->--'''Thomas More''', ''Theatre/AManForAllSeasons''

-->--''Series/{{Friends}}'', "[[Recap/FriendsS6E25TheOneWithTheProposalPartTwo The One with the Proposal: Part 2]]"

-->--'''Creator/ChretienDeTroyes''', ''Literature/LancelotTheKnightOfTheCart''

-->--'''Breakfast Duck''', on Christmas Eve, delivering a fed-up SmiteMeOMightySmiter speech shortly before being struck by lightning.

-->--''WesternAnimation/SupermanShazamTheReturnOfBlackAdam''

-->--'''Jack Harkness''', ''Series/DoctorWho'', "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E13ThePartingOfTheWays The Parting of the Ways]]"

-->--'''Aunt May''', ''Film/SpiderMan2''

-->--'''John [=McClane=]''', ''Film/LiveFreeOrDieHard''

-->--'''Butchie''', ''Series/TheWire''

-->--''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy''

-->--'''Creator/MarkTwain''', "Something About Repentance"

->''"So "divisive" was UsefulNotes/AbrahamLincoln's embrace of abolition that it got him shot in the head. So "divisive" was UsefulNotes/LyndonJohnson's embrace of civil rights that it fractured the Democratic Party. So "divisive" was UsefulNotes/UlyssesSGrant's defense of black civil rights and war upon the Klan, that American historians spent the better part of a century destroying his reputation. So "divisive" was UsefulNotes/MartinLutherKingJr that his own government bugged him, harassed him, and demonized him until he was dead."''
-->--'''Creator/TaNehisiCoates''', ''[[http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/01/bernie-sanders-liberal-imagination/425022/ Bernie Sanders' Liberal Imagination]]''

-->--'''Vegeta''' to '''Goku (Kakarot)''', ''Anime/DragonBallZ''

-->--[[http://www.biblestudytools.com/job/ Commentary]] on the Literature/BookOfJob's social context

-->--'''Fu Inubozaki''', ''Anime/YukiYunaIsAHero''

-->--'''Music/TheSmiths''', "I Know It's Over"

-->--'''The Twelfth Doctor''', ''Series/DoctorWho''

-->--'''The Twelfth Doctor''', ''Series/DoctorWho''

-->--'''Never Existed''', ''Music/{{Keldian}}''

-->--'''Varys''', ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire''

-->--'''Creator/KurtVonnegut''', ''God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater''

->''No, he's [[AmoralAfrikaner never met a nice South African]]''\\
''And that's not bloody surprising, mun''\\
''Because we've never met one either''\\
''Except for Breyten Breytenbach, and [[TheExile he's emigrated to Paris]]''\\
''Yes, he's quite a nice South African''\\
''And he's hardly ever killed anyone''\\
''And he's not smelly at all''\\
''That's why we put him in prison''
-->--'''A bunch of racist Afrikaners''', ''Series/SpittingImage'', "I've Never Met a Nice South African" (for context, Breytenbach, an opponent of [[UsefulNotes/TheApartheidEra apartheid]], was exiled for [[MalignedMixedMarriage marrying a non-white woman]] and arrested on a clandestine trip to South Africa on this charge [[KangarooCourt and a bunch of other bullshit charges]])

->''It's not that he doesn't like the Avengers anymore; He still does... And it's not that he won't do the right thing -- the heroic thing -- if it falls to him again. He just won't look forward to it anymore. That's all.''
-->--'''Hubbie Green''', ''ComicBook/TheAvengers'' Annual #19

->'''Big Ears''': Imagine the worst thing that's ever happened to you. Now imagine that it's not just happening to you, but to everybody you care about. That's what evil feels like.\\
'''Chief''': Blaah! That sounds unbearable, why would anyone want to become a Paladin?\\
'''Big Ears''': So others don't have to.
-->--''Webcomic/{{Goblins}}''

'''Superman:''' (gently) Except, there aren't very many people from Argo left anymore. Are there, Kara?
-->--''Fanfic/HellsisterTrilogy''

->'''Chloe''': I must have thrown a million green rocks away and I've never really saved you. Now, I can.\\
'''Clark''': Chloe, listen to me, this is your life that we're talking about. Don't do this!\\
'''Chloe''': Clark, if there's one lesson I've learned from you, it's that choosing the greater good is never a sacrifice.

-->--''Fanfic/SupermanOf2499TheGreatConfrontation''

-->--'''ComicBook/SpiderMan''', ''Fanfic/FireDarkMark''

-->--'''Rick Harrison''', ''Series/PawnStars''

-->--'''Liu Kang''', ''VideoGame/MortalKombat11''

-->--'''Calvin''', ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes''

-->--'''Leroy Green''', ''Film/TheLastDragon''

-->--'''Hobbes''', ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes''

-->--'''Wildcat''', ''ComicBook/BatgirlYearOne''

->''"The myth that is destroying our generation is that it's "easy" to do good. It's "easy" to be good. And that it's "easy" to be consistent in character. It's NOT easy, and the fact that it's not is something that must be appreciated."''
-->--'''WebVideo/TheMysteriousMrEnter''', [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=k0ZEmaJ47co Topic of the Week || A Plague of Moral Convenience]]

-->--'''Alice Healy''', ''Literature/InCryptid: Midnight Blue-Light Special''

-->--'''Sarah Zellaby''', ''Literature/InCryptid: Calculated Risks''

-->--'''Toa Helryx''', ''Toys/{{BIONICLE}}'', "Swamp of Secrets"

->'''Pike''': I mean, if protecting carts from swindlers and killing goblins for gold isn't getting us anywhere, I dunno...maybe, ''maybe'' we could try doing some good this time?\\
(''{{beat}}'')\\
'''Everyone''': Nah. ('''Grog''': BORING!)
-->--''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfVoxMachina''

->You can only be you. The sooner you get to grips with that, the less mental anguish you'll suffer over the question. Again, unless your some sort of saint. Do you want to be saint? Seriously? [[NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished Most saints suffer on Earth]]. [[TheBadGuyWins Many villains prosper]]. Remember this. It will inform the decisions you'll be asked to make.
->Then again, there are many definitions of "suffering" and "prosperity."

->''She's tried being a good guy, but being bad is just too much fun.''