Stephen Ambrose quotes

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)
The Holocaust was the most evil crime ever committed. View quote
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History is everything that has ever happened. View quote
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Like their predecessors, the Presidents of today just throw up their hands. View quote
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In 1945, there were more people killed, more buildings destroyed, more high explosives set off, more fires burning than before or since. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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World War II, the atomic bomb, the Cold War, made it hard for Americans to continue their optimism. View quote
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Dams have harmed our wildlife and made rivers less useful for recreation. View quote
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It would not be possible to praise nurses too highly. View quote
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The great wars of the 20th Century made it into the worst Century ever. (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. View quote
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Washington, not Jefferson, freed his slaves upon his death. View quote
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I was too young for Korea and too old for Vietnam. View quote
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I thought Nixon was the worst President we had ever had, save only perhaps Andrew Johnson. View quote
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You don't hate history, you hate the way it was taught to you in high school. View quote
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The number one secret of being a successful writer is this: marry an English major. View quote
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To be a slaveholder meant one had to regard the African American as inferior in every way. View quote
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We are part of a country that outshines those that have gone before us and most of those in existence today. View quote
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In America, Jefferson noted with approval, women knew their place. View quote
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Eisenhower is my choice as the American of the 20th Century. Of all the men I've studied and written about, he is the brightest and the best. (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? View quote
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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. View quote
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Washington and Jefferson were both rich Virginia planters, but they were never friends. View quote
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There are many more want-to-be writers out there than good editors. View quote
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Stephen Ambrose

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Photo: Jim Wallace (Smithsonian Institution), CC BY 2.0
Occupation: American Historian
Born: January 10, 1936
Died: October 13, 2002
Quotes count: 67

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