Stephen Ambrose

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

The war in Vietnam I thought a dreadful mistake.

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.

America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.

If my house was on fire, I can't compromise about which part of the house I'm going to save. You save the whole house or it will all burn down. We either save this country or we do not.

Buildings are forms of performances.