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The past is a source of knowledge, and the future is a source of hope. Love of the past implies faith in the future.
Written by Stephen Ambrose
You don't hate history, you hate the way it was taught to you in high school.
Written by Stephen Ambrose
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.
Written by Stephen Ambrose
World War II, the atomic bomb, the Cold War, made it hard for Americans to continue their optimism.
Written by Stephen Ambrose
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.
Written by Stephen Ambrose
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?
Written by Stephen Ambrose
We are part of a country that outshines those that have gone before us and most of those in existence today.
Written by Stephen Ambrose
Washington, not Jefferson, freed his slaves upon his death.
Written by Stephen Ambrose
Washington's 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.
Written by Stephen Ambrose
Washington and Jefferson were both rich Virginia planters, but they were never friends.
Written by Stephen Ambrose
Trial by jury. Live wherever you can make a living. How could a government based on such principles fail?
Written by Stephen Ambrose
To be a slaveholder meant one had to regard the African American as inferior in every way.
Written by Stephen Ambrose
There are many more want-to-be writers out there than good editors.
Written by Stephen Ambrose
The war in Vietnam I thought a dreadful mistake.
Written by Stephen Ambrose
The American Constitution is the greatest governing document, and at some 7,000 words, just about the shortest.
Written by Stephen Ambrose
Reading your own material aloud forces you to listen.
Written by Stephen Ambrose
Nixon regarded himself as having been cheated by life. He never got my vote.
Written by Stephen Ambrose
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.
Written by Stephen Ambrose
My first book was the book that changed my life.
Written by Stephen Ambrose
My favorite book is the last one printed, which is always better than those that were published earlier.
Written by Stephen Ambrose
Like their predecessors, the Presidents of today just throw up their hands.
Written by Stephen Ambrose
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.
Written by Stephen Ambrose
Jefferson owned slaves. He did not believe that all were created equal. He was a racist.
Written by Stephen Ambrose
It would not be possible to praises nurses too highly.
Written by Stephen Ambrose
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.
Written by Stephen Ambrose
In America, Jefferson noted with approval, women knew their place.
Written by Stephen Ambrose
In 1945, there were more people killed, more buildings destroyed, more high explosives set off, more fires burning than before or since.
Written by Stephen Ambrose
Immigrants do more than help us win our wars, or set up cleaning shops or ethnic restaurants.
Written by Stephen Ambrose
The number one secret of being a successful writer is this: marry an English major.
Written by Stephen Ambrose
The more sophisticated we get, the more advanced our buildings and vehicles become, the more vulnerable we are.
Written by Stephen Ambrose

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