All Stephen Ambrose Quotes
- To be a slaveholder meant one had to regard the African American as inferior in every way. African
- Washington and Jefferson were both rich Virginia planters, but they were never friends. Both
- Washington, not Jefferson, freed his slaves upon his death. Death
- 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… Better
- 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… Civil
- At the core, the American citizen soldiers knew the difference between right and wrong, and they didn't want to live in a world in which… All
- Almost everything Truman did in foreign affairs I approve of. Affair
- American is the first democratic nation-state. American
- American corporations hate to give away money. American
- History is everything that has ever happened. Ever Happened
- 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… Blue
- Lieutenant Welsh remembered walking around among the sleeping men, and thinking to himself that 'they had looked at and smelled death all around them all… All
- 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… Acquaintanceship
- You don't hate history, you hate the way it was taught to you in high school. Hate
- The Holocaust was the most evil crime ever committed. Committed
- Nixon regarded himself as having been cheated by life. He never got my vote. Been
- To have some parts flowing free again . . . with deer grazing on its banks . . . ducks and geese raising their young… Backwaters
- In the 19th century, we devoted our best minds to exploring nature. In the 20th century, we devoted ourselves to controlling and harnessing it. In… Best
- We are part of a country that outshines those that have gone before us and most of those in existence today. Country
- Nothing is inevitable in life. People make choices, and those choices have results, and we all live with the results. All
- 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 President… Became
- Neighbors are far better acoustic analyzers for determining the quality of their life versus any acoustic instrument left unattended by an expert. Acoustic
- During the Second World War, the Germans took four years to build the Atlantic Wall. On four beaches it held up the Allies for about… Allies
- D-Day represents the greatest achievement of the american people and system in the 20th century. It was the pivot point of the 20th century. It… Achievement
- In the nineteenth and twentieth centuries you have these great nation states hurling their young men at one another. The victory was really going to… Armies