Stephen Ambrose Quotes

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Stephen Ambrose

Profession : Historian

Birth : January 10, 1936

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

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

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My favorite book is the last one printed, which is always better than those that were published earlier.

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

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Dams have harmed our wildlife and made rivers less useful for recreation.

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The great wars of the 20th Century made it into the worst Century ever.

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I thought Nixon was the worst President we had ever had, save only perhaps Andrew Johnson.

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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.

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American is the first democratic nation-state.

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Reading your own material aloud forces you to listen.

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The Holocaust was the most evil crime ever committed.

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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.

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

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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.

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The war in Vietnam I thought a dreadful mistake.

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

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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.

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Immigrants do more than help us win our wars, or set up cleaning shops or ethnic restaurants.

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The American Constitution is the greatest governing document, and at some 7,000 words, just about the shortest.

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Like their predecessors, the Presidents of today just throw up their hands.

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