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. — Stephen Ambrose Copy Share Image
Trial by jury. Live wherever you can make a living. How could a government based on such principles fail? — Stephen Ambrose Copy Share
It is through history that we learn who we are and how we got that way, why and how we changed, why the good… — Stephen Ambrose Copy Share
The number one secret of being a successful writer is this: marry an English major. — Stephen Ambrose Copy Share
In the nineteenth and twentieth centuries you have these great nation states hurling their young men at one another. The victory was really going… — Stephen Ambrose Copy Share
You don't hate history, you hate the way it was taught to you in high school. — Stephen Ambrose Copy Share
The American Constitution is the greatest governing document, and at some 7,000 words, just about the shortest. — Stephen Ambrose Copy Share
We are part of a country that outshines those that have gone before us and most of those in existence today. — Stephen Ambrose Copy Share
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… — Stephen Ambrose Copy Share
Dams have harmed our wildlife and made rivers less useful for recreation. — Stephen Ambrose Copy Share
