Stephen E. Ambrose Quotes

• 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.

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• 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.

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• You don’t hate history, you hate the way it was taught to you in high school.

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• Washington and Jefferson were both rich Virginia planters, but they were never friends.

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• 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.

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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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• Washington, not Jefferson, freed his slaves upon his death.

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• We are part of a country that outshines those that have gone before us and most of those in existence today.

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• 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?

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• 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.

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  Dams have harmed our wildlife and made rivers less useful for recreation.

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Stephen E. Ambrose (51)

Birth:	10th January, 1936
Death:	13th October, 2002
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Author, Biographer, Historian

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