All Stephen Ambrose Quotes
Jefferson owned slaves. He did not believe that all were created equal. He was a racist.
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There are many more want-to-be writers out there than good editors.
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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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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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Trial by jury. Live wherever you can make a living. How could a government based on such principles fail?
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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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Nixon regarded himself as having been cheated by life. He never got my vote.
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Custer had dead heroes. Crazy Horse had only live ones.
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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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World War II, the atomic bomb, the Cold War, made it hard for Americans to continue their optimism.
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