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> [Friendships are different from all other relationships. Unlike acquaintanceship, friendship is based on love. Unlike lovers and married couples, it is free of jealousy. Unlike children and parents, it knows neither criticism nor resentment. Friendship has no status in law.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-ambrose/friendships-are-different-from-all-other-relationships-unlike/)

[Stephen Ambrose](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-ambrose/)

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## More by Stephen Ambrose

> [Trial by jury. Live wherever you can make a living. How could a government based on such principles fail?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-ambrose/trial-by-jury-live-wherever-you-can-make-a-living-how-could-a/)

[Stephen Ambrose](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-ambrose/)

> [The great wars of the 20th Century made it into the worst Century ever.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-ambrose/the-great-wars-of-the-20th-century-made-it-into-the-worst-century-ever/)

[Stephen Ambrose](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-ambrose/)

> [It is through history that we learn who we are and how we got that way, why and how we changed, why the good…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-ambrose/it-is-through-history-that-we-learn-who-we-are-and-how-we-got-that/)

[Stephen Ambrose](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-ambrose/)

> [There are many more want-to-be writers out there than good editors.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-ambrose/there-are-many-more-want-to-be-writers-out-there-than-good-editors/)

[Stephen Ambrose](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-ambrose/)

> [The number one secret of being a successful writer is this: marry an English major.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-ambrose/the-number-one-secret-of-being-a-successful-writer-is-this-marry-an/)

[Stephen Ambrose](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-ambrose/)

> [It would not be possible to praises nurses too highly.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-ambrose/it-would-not-be-possible-to-praises-nurses-too-highly/)

[Stephen Ambrose](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-ambrose/)

> [In the nineteenth and twentieth centuries you have these great nation states hurling their young men at one another. The victory was really going…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-ambrose/in-the-nineteenth-and-twentieth-centuries-you-have-these-great-nation/)

[Stephen Ambrose](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-ambrose/)

> [You don't hate history, you hate the way it was taught to you in high school.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-ambrose/you-don-t-hate-history-you-hate-the-way-it-was-taught-to-you-in-high/)

[Stephen Ambrose](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-ambrose/)

> [The American Constitution is the greatest governing document, and at some 7,000 words, just about the shortest.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-ambrose/the-american-constitution-is-the-greatest-governing-document-and-at/)

[Stephen Ambrose](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-ambrose/)

> [We are part of a country that outshines those that have gone before us and most of those in existence today.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-ambrose/we-are-part-of-a-country-that-outshines-those-that-have-gone-before/)

[Stephen Ambrose](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-ambrose/)

> [Washington, not Jefferson, freed his slaves upon his death.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-ambrose/washington-not-jefferson-freed-his-slaves-upon-his-death/)

[Stephen Ambrose](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-ambrose/)

> [American corporations hate to give away money.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-ambrose/american-corporations-hate-to-give-away-money/)

[Stephen Ambrose](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-ambrose/washington-s-character-was-rock-solid-he-came-to-stand-for-the-new/)

[Stephen Ambrose](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-ambrose/)

> [In America, Jefferson noted with approval, women knew their place.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-ambrose/in-america-jefferson-noted-with-approval-women-knew-their-place/)

[Stephen Ambrose](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-ambrose/)

> [Dams have harmed our wildlife and made rivers less useful for recreation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-ambrose/dams-have-harmed-our-wildlife-and-made-rivers-less-useful-for/)

[Stephen Ambrose](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-ambrose/)

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