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Stephen Ambrose Quotes
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Historian Quotes
Category:
American Historian Quotes
Date of Birth:
January 10, 1936
Date of Death:
October 13, 2002
Nationality:
American
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Stephen Ambrose

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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

It would not be possible to praises nurses too highly.
Stephen Ambrose

Jefferson owned slaves. He did not believe that all were created equal. He was a racist.
Stephen Ambrose

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

Like their predecessors, the Presidents of today just throw up their hands.
Stephen Ambrose

My favorite book is the last one printed, which is always better than those that were published earlier.
Stephen Ambrose

My first book was the book that changed my life.
Stephen Ambrose

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

Nixon regarded himself as having been cheated by life. He never got my vote.
Stephen Ambrose

Reading your own material aloud forces you to listen.
Stephen Ambrose

The American Constitution is the greatest governing document, and at some 7,000 words, just about the shortest.
Stephen Ambrose

The Canadians have managed to live peacefully with their Indians. It is disgrace that the United States has not done the same.
Stephen Ambrose

The great wars of the 20th Century made it into the worst Century ever.
Stephen Ambrose

The Holocaust was the most evil crime ever committed.
Stephen Ambrose

The more sophisticated we get, the more advanced our buildings and vehicles become, the more vulnerable we are.
Stephen Ambrose

The number one secret of being a successful writer is this: marry an English major.
Stephen Ambrose

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

The war in Vietnam I thought a dreadful mistake.
Stephen Ambrose

There are many more want-to-be writers out there than good editors.
Stephen Ambrose

To be a slaveholder meant one had to regard the African American as inferior in every way.
Stephen Ambrose

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