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 Mexico?
- Stephen Ambrose
Say, Better Off, Southwest, Mexico
In 1945, there were more people killed, more buildings destroyed, more high explosives set off, more fires burning than before or since.
- Stephen Ambrose
Before, Set, More People, Fires
Andrew Johnson was a Southerner generally who proclaimed that his native state of Tennessee was a country for white men.
- Stephen Ambrose
Country, Southerner, Johnson, Tennessee
The past is a source of knowledge, and the future is a source of hope. Love of the past implies faith in the future.
- Stephen Ambrose
Love, Future, Past, Implies
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.
- Stephen Ambrose
Always, Subjects, Admirable, Lewis And Clark
It would not be possible to praises nurses too highly.
- Stephen Ambrose
Medical, Would, Too, Nurses
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.
- Stephen Ambrose
American, About, Studied, Brightest
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
Broken, Will, Been, Vietnamese
Almost everything Truman did in foreign affairs I approve of.
- Stephen Ambrose
Almost Everything, Almost, Foreign Affairs
I was taught by professors who had done their schooling in the 1930s. Most of them were scornful of, even hated, big business.
- Stephen Ambrose
Business, Big, 1930s, Big Business
I thought Nixon was the worst President we had ever had, save only perhaps Andrew Johnson.
- Stephen Ambrose
Perhaps, Ever, Nixon, Andrew
World War II, the atomic bomb, the Cold War, made it hard for Americans to continue their optimism.
- Stephen Ambrose
War, Optimism, Made, Cold War
Nixon regarded himself as having been cheated by life. He never got my vote.
- Stephen Ambrose
Never, Himself, Been, Cheated
Neither Johnson nor his party nor the government as a whole were willing to raise, train, equip, and then send Vietnam sufficient manpower to do the job.
- Stephen Ambrose
Vietnam, Willing, Whole, Train
There are many more want-to-be writers out there than good editors.
- Stephen Ambrose
More, Than, Writers, Editors
The Canadians have managed to live peacefully with their Indians. It is disgrace that the United States has not done the same.
- Stephen Ambrose
Same, United, United States, Canadians
Trial by jury. Live wherever you can make a living. How could a government based on such principles fail?
- Stephen Ambrose
Living, Jury, Based, Wherever
American corporations hate to give away money.
- Stephen Ambrose
Money, Give, Away, Corporations
The great wars of the 20th Century made it into the worst Century ever.
- Stephen Ambrose
Made, Ever, Century, 20th Century
The war in Vietnam I thought a dreadful mistake.
- Stephen Ambrose
War, Mistake, Thought, Dreadful
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 mine and keep them there.
- Stephen Ambrose
Blue Eyes, Mine, Clearest, Interview
Dams have harmed our wildlife and made rivers less useful for recreation.
- Stephen Ambrose
Rivers, Made, Harmed, Dams
Reading your own material aloud forces you to listen.
- Stephen Ambrose
Own, Forces, Material, Aloud
Writing is not the easiest way to make a living. Your work long hours, usually all by yourself. It is not a way to make money.
- Stephen Ambrose
Work, Living, Hours, Easiest Way
Washington and Jefferson were both rich Virginia planters, but they were never friends.
- Stephen Ambrose
Never, Jefferson, Were, Virginia
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 forward progress.
- Stephen Ambrose
Winning, Forward, Civil War, Turning Points
Immigrants do more than help us win our wars, or set up cleaning shops or ethnic restaurants.
- Stephen Ambrose
Cleaning, Ethnic, Set, Immigrants
Even before Watergate and his resignation, Nixon had inspired conflicting and passionate emotions.
- Stephen Ambrose
Conflicting, His, Nixon, Watergate
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 by unanimous choice.
- Stephen Ambrose
New, Which, Became, President
My favorite book is the last one printed, which is always better than those that were published earlier.
- Stephen Ambrose
Always, Last, Which, Published
I'm no politician. I'm an historian who has learned through a lifetime of studying that nothing in the world beats universal education.
- Stephen Ambrose
Education, Studying, Through, Universal
In America, Jefferson noted with approval, women knew their place.
- Stephen Ambrose
Approval, Knew, Jefferson, Noted
Washington, not Jefferson, freed his slaves upon his death.
- Stephen Ambrose
Death, Slaves, His, Jefferson
Jefferson owned slaves. He did not believe that all were created equal. He was a racist.
- Stephen Ambrose
Slaves, Equal, Owned, Jefferson
The Holocaust was the most evil crime ever committed.
- Stephen Ambrose
Committed, Most, Ever, Evil
I was too young for Korea and too old for Vietnam.
- Stephen Ambrose
Young, Korea, Too, Vietnam
The more sophisticated we get, the more advanced our buildings and vehicles become, the more vulnerable we are.
- Stephen Ambrose
Sophisticated, Advanced, Vulnerable
History is everything that has ever happened.
- Stephen Ambrose
History, Everything, Ever, Happened
As to the Indians, the guiding principle was, promise them anything just so long as they get out of the way.
- Stephen Ambrose
Get, Principle, Guiding, Indians
The American Constitution is the greatest governing document, and at some 7,000 words, just about the shortest.
- Stephen Ambrose
Constitution, Some, Document, Governing
Like their predecessors, the Presidents of today just throw up their hands.
- Stephen Ambrose
Hands, Like, Predecessors, Throw
It does you no good to see the number two or number three man in the corporation-you have to get through to number one.
- Stephen Ambrose
Good, Two, Through, Number Three
To be a slaveholder meant one had to regard the African American as inferior in every way.
- Stephen Ambrose
African American, Meant, African
Crazy Horse saw history as integrated in the present, incorporated into daily life.
- Stephen Ambrose
Daily, Horse, Daily Life, Integrated
The number one secret of being a successful writer is this: marry an English major.
- Stephen Ambrose
Number, English, Marry, Major
Custer had dead heroes. Crazy Horse had only live ones.
- Stephen Ambrose
Crazy, Heroes, Only, Horse
We are part of a country that outshines those that have gone before us and most of those in existence today.
- Stephen Ambrose
Country, Before, Most, Existence
American is the first democratic nation-state.
- Stephen Ambrose
American, First, Democratic
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