Stephen Ambrose Quotes

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

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

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It would not be possible to praises nurses too highly.

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

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Crazy Horse saw history as integrated in the present, incorporated into daily life.

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

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Reading your own material aloud forces you to listen.

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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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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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In America, Jefferson noted with approval, women knew their place.

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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.

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History is everything that has ever happened.

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

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Almost everything Truman did in foreign affairs I approve of.

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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.

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

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My first book was the book that changed my life.

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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.

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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.

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Even before Watergate and his resignation, Nixon had inspired conflicting and passionate emotions.

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American corporations hate to give away money.

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

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

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