Author: Stephen Ambrose

Quotes

World War II, the atomic bomb, the Cold War, made it hard for Americans to continue their optimism.

World War II, the atomic bomb, the Cold War, made it hard for Americans to continue their optimism.

- Stephen Ambrose

The war in Vietnam I thought a dreadful mistake.

The war in Vietnam I thought a dreadful mistake.

- Stephen Ambrose

You don't hate history, you hate the way it was taught to you in high school.

You don't hate history, you hate the way it was taught to you in high school.

- Stephen Ambrose

There are many more want-to-be writers out there than good editors.

There are many more want-to-be writers out there than good editors.

- 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.

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

Washington, not Jefferson, freed his slaves upon his death.

Washington, not Jefferson, freed his slaves upon his death.

- Stephen Ambrose

Trial by jury. Live wherever you can make a living. How could a government based on such principles fail?

Trial by jury. Live wherever you can make a living. How could a government based on such principles fail?

- Stephen Ambrose

The past is a source of knowledge, and the future is a source of hope. Love of the past implies faith in the future.

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

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.

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

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