Top 50 Quotes by Stephen Ambrose

World War II, the atomic bomb, the Cold War, made it hard for Americans to continue their optimism.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

In 1945, there were more people killed, more buildings destroyed, more high explosives set off, more fires burning than before or since.

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

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.