Author: Stephen Ambrose

Quotes

The war in Vietnam I thought a dreadful mistake.

The war in Vietnam I thought a dreadful mistake.

- 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

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

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 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

Nixon regarded himself as having been cheated by life. He never got my vote.

Nixon regarded himself as having been cheated by life. He never got my vote.

- 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

It would not be possible to praises nurses too highly.

It would not be possible to praises nurses too highly.

- 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

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