Stephen Ambrose Quotes
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The number one secret of being a successful writer is this: marry an English major.
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It would not be possible to praises nurses too highly.
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The Canadians have managed to live peacefully with their Indians. It is disgrace that the United States has not done the same.
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Crazy Horse saw history as integrated in the present, incorporated into daily life.
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As to the Indians, the guiding principle was, promise them anything just so long as they get out of the way.
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I was too young for Korea and too old for Vietnam.
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I'm no politician. I'm an historian who has learned through a lifetime of studying that nothing in the world beats universal education.
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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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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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Andrew Johnson was a Southerner generally who proclaimed that his native state of Tennessee was a country for white men.
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Dams have harmed our wildlife and made rivers less useful for recreation.
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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…
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Even before Watergate and his resignation, Nixon had inspired conflicting and passionate emotions.
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I thought Nixon was the worst President we had ever had, save only perhaps Andrew Johnson.
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I was taught by professors who had done their schooling in the 1930s. Most of them were scornful of, even hated, big business.
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I've always tried to be fair to my subjects. That's easy when they are as likable and admirable as Lewis and Clark, or Eisenhower.
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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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In America, Jefferson noted with approval, women knew their place.
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Jefferson owned slaves. He did not believe that all were created equal. He was a racist.
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