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Q: Who originally said you either die a hero?

Its highly likely that the quote originated from The Dark Knight movie. Apparently, Batman (and other super-heroes) was inspired by Friedrich Nietzsche, a German philosopher.

Coined in the movie "The Dark Knight Rises" by Harvey Dent, A.k.a. Two-Face.

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It is the philisophical summary that, no matter what good you intend to do, as long as you live and continue, you will bring about just as much evil as good, if not more through accident or intent. Death becomes a saving grace, providing vindication for their actions and preventing a worsening of certain outcomes through inactivity.

Examples include:
Falling to the same corrupton you sought to eliminate. ( Anakin Skywalker from Star Wars, Lois Griffin from Family Guy)
Prolonged exposure to evil, despite good intentions. (Frodo from Lord of the Rings, Ice King from Adventure Time)
Narrow minded destruction in belief of a greater goal. (Harvey Dent from "The Dark Knight Rises")

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A quote from Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight by the character Harvey Dent in reference to Julius Caesar and Batman. Repeated by Batman at the end of the film.

There are several possible meanings:

1. Absolute power eventually corrupts (as in the case of Julius Caesar).
2. Being consistently heroic is difficult if not impossible, circumstances will eventually push you towards villainy (as in the case of Harvey Dent and Batman).
3. Public opinion can easily change and will eventually change. Many people have the tendency find faults even when there are none. It can also be easily manipulated. You might adhere to your code despite 1. and 2., you can still be painted as a villain by your enemies (as in the case of what Joker did to Batman).
4. Villainy and Heroism are relative and not absolute. "Good" will change with time. Different people have different concepts of "good" (the actions of Julius Caesar can be judged very differently by different people throughout the different ages). In many situations, the line between the two concepts can be very blurry (following the law versus vigilantism).

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You Either Die A Hero, Or You Live Long Enough To See Yourself Become The Villain

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"You Either Die A Hero, Or You Live Long Enough To See Yourself Become The Villain" is a quote uttered by Harvey Dent in the 2008 DC Comics superhero action film The Dark Knight. The quote, which is meant to the dubious nature of heroism in the face of time, has been since used in various commentaries to describe the fall from grace of a well-known and popular public figure, as well as in image macros relating to fandoms outside of the Batman universe.

Origin

The quote was originally said by the character of Harvey Dent (portrayed by Aaron Eckhart), the District Attorney of Gotham City who eventually takes on the role of the super-villain "Two Face," in the second film of Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight trilogy released on July 14th, 2008. In the film, Dent utters the line during his first face-to-face encounter with Bruce Wayne (portrayed by Christian Bale) at a restaurant, which serves as a foreshadowing to his own fate of turning into a tragic hero.

Harvey Dent: When their enemies were at the gates, the Romans would suspend democracy and appoint one man to protect the city. It wasn’t considered an honor; it was considered a public service.

Rachel Dawes: Harvey, the last man who they appointed to protect the Republic was named Caesar, and he never gave up his power.

Harvey: Well, I guess you either die a hero or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain. Look, whoever the Batman is, he doesn't want to spend the rest of his life doing this. How could he? Batman's looking for someone to take up his mantle.

In the final scene of the film, the line is emphatically reiterated by Bruce Wayne as Batman in a conversation with James Gordon (portrayed by Gary Oldman).

You either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become the villain. I can do those things because I'm not a hero, like Dent. I killed those people. That's what I can be.

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Shortly after the release of the film in July 2008, several critical reviews of the film highlighted Harvey Dent's adage as one of the more memorable and poetic lines featured in The Dark Night. On July 4th, 2010, Yahoo Answers[4] user Nicole submitted a post asking for an in-depth explanation of the quote, which is the earliest known instance of many similar queries to follow on other Q&A reference communities like Quora[7] and StackExchange.[5] In 2012, image macro parodies and commentaries based on the original quote and its phrasal template ("you either die a X or you live long enough to see yourself become the Y") began to surface on several internet humor sites, including CollegeHumor[18], Cheezburger[19], Quickmeme[12][14][20], Dorkly[11], Memerial[10] and HugeLOL[16] (see Examples section), as well as social news and media-sharing communities like Imgur[15], Reddit[24] and Tumblr.[23] On November 23rd, 2013, Urban Dictionary[6] user TheAllKnowingOne submitted an explanation of the quote as "a philosophical summary that, no matter what good you intend to do, as long as you live and continue, you will bring about just as much evil as good, if not more through accident or intent."

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Who said you either die a hero or live long enough to become the villain meaning?

"You either die a hero, or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain." Harvey Dent spoke these words in the final scene of the movie, Batman: The Dark Knight. It is a quote that leaves you thinking and gives you the ultimatum of either dying a hero or living as a villain.

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“You either die a hero or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain.” The story behind the quote: This week's quote comes from the second film in Christopher Nolan's Batman movies, The Dark Knight.

Who said live as a villain die as a hero?

Quote by Banksy: “Live as a villain, die as a hero”

Who originally said you either die a hero?

It's highly likely that the quote originated from The Dark Knight movie. Apparently, Batman (and other super-heroes) was inspired by Friedrich Nietzsche, a German philosopher.