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Washington, not Jefferson, freed his slaves upon his death.
— stephen ambrose death
You don’t hate history, you hate the way it was taught to you in high school.
— stephen ambrose history
I’m no politician. I’m an historian who has learned through a lifetime of studying that nothing in the world beats universal education.
— stephen ambrose life
The more sophisticated we get, the more advanced our buildings and vehicles become, the more vulnerable we are.
— Stephen Ambrose cat
The number one secret of being a successful writer is this: marry an English major.
— Stephen Ambrose success
The past is a source of knowledge, and the future is a source of hope. Love of the past implies faith in the future.
— Stephen Ambrose love
The war in Vietnam I thought a dreadful mistake.
— Stephen Ambrose war
There are many more want-to-be writers out there than good editors.
— Stephen Ambrose writers
To be a slaveholder meant one had to regard the African American as inferior in every way.
— Stephen Ambrose america
Trial by jury. Live wherever you can make a living. How could a government based on such principles fail?
— Stephen Ambrose men
Washington and Jefferson were both rich Virginia planters, but they were never friends.
— Stephen Ambrose friends
Washingtons character was rock solid. He came to stand for the new nation and its republican virtues, which was why he became our first President by unanimous choice.
— Stephen Ambrose character
We are part of a country that outshines those that have gone before us and most of those in existence today.
— Stephen Ambrose art
Who today is willing to say that Texas and California and the remainder of the Southwest would be better off if they were governed by Mexico?
— Stephen Ambrose will
Winning the Revolutionary War, or the Civil War, or World War II were the turning points in our history, the sine qua non of our forward progress.
— Stephen Ambrose war
World War II, the atomic bomb, the Cold War, made it hard for Americans to continue their optimism.
— Stephen Ambrose war
Writing is not the easiest way to make a living. Your work long hours, usually all by yourself. It is not a way to make money.
— Stephen Ambrose writing
You dont hate history, you hate the way it was taught to you in high school.
— Stephen Ambrose history
Eisenhower is my choice as the American of the 20th Century. Of all the men Ive studied and written about, he is the brightest and the best.
— Stephen Ambrose men
Even before Watergate and his resignation, Nixon had inspired conflicting and passionate emotions.
— Stephen Ambrose passion
History is everything that has ever happened.
— Stephen Ambrose history
I thought Nixon was the worst President we had ever had, save only perhaps Andrew Johnson.
— Stephen Ambrose thought
I was taught by professors who had done their schooling in the 1930s. Most of them were scornful of, even hated, big business.
— Stephen Ambrose business
I was too young for Korea and too old for Vietnam.
— Stephen Ambrose you
Im no politician. Im an historian who has learned through a lifetime of studying that nothing in the world beats universal education.
— Stephen Ambrose life
Ive always tried to be fair to my subjects. Thats easy when they are as likable and admirable as Lewis and Clark, or Eisenhower.
— Stephen Ambrose
Immigrants do more than help us win our wars, or set up cleaning shops or ethnic restaurants.
— Stephen Ambrose war
In 1945, there were more people killed, more buildings destroyed, more high explosives set off, more fires burning than before or since.
— Stephen Ambrose people
In America, Jefferson noted with approval, women knew their place.
— Stephen Ambrose women
It does you no good to see the number two or number three man in the corporation-you have to get through to number one.
— Stephen Ambrose man
It would not be possible to praises nurses too highly.
— Stephen Ambrose praise
Jefferson owned slaves. He did not believe that all were created equal. He was a racist.
— Stephen Ambrose believe
Johnson had been the most powerful man in the world, yet the North Vietnamese and the Vietcong had resisted, overcome his power, broken his will.
— Stephen Ambrose power
Like their predecessors, the Presidents of today just throw up their hands.
— Stephen Ambrose day
My favorite book is the last one printed, which is always better than those that were published earlier.
— Stephen Ambrose book
My first book was the book that changed my life.
— Stephen Ambrose life
Neither Johnson nor his party nor the government as a whole were willing to raise, train, equip, and then send Vietnam sufficient manpower to do the job.
— Stephen Ambrose art
Nixon regarded himself as having been cheated by life. He never got my vote.
— Stephen Ambrose life
Reading your own material aloud forces you to listen.
— Stephen Ambrose reading
The American Constitution is the greatest governing document, and at some 7,000 words, just about the shortest.
— Stephen Ambrose words
The Canadians have managed to live peacefully with their Indians. It is disgrace that the United States has not done the same.
— Stephen Ambrose peace
The great wars of the 20th Century made it into the worst Century ever.
— Stephen Ambrose war
The Holocaust was the most evil crime ever committed.
— Stephen Ambrose evil
Almost everything Truman did in foreign affairs I approve of.
— Stephen Ambrose man
American corporations hate to give away money.
— Stephen Ambrose money
American is the first democratic nation-state.
— Stephen Ambrose america
Andrew Johnson was a Southerner generally who proclaimed that his native state of Tennessee was a country for white men.
— Stephen Ambrose men
As to the Indians, the guiding principle was, promise them anything just so long as they get out of the way.
— Stephen Ambrose india
Crazy Horse saw history as integrated in the present, incorporated into daily life.
— Stephen Ambrose life
Custer had dead heroes. Crazy Horse had only live ones.
— Stephen Ambrose live
Dams have harmed our wildlife and made rivers less useful for recreation.
— Stephen Ambrose life
Eisenhower had the clearest blue eyes. He would fix them on you. In my every interview with him, he would lock his eyes on to mine and keep them there.
— Stephen Ambrose you

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