Top 50 Quotes by Stephen Ambrose

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

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

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

The war in Vietnam I thought a dreadful mistake.

Andrew Johnson was a Southerner generally who proclaimed that his native state of Tennessee was a country for white men.

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

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

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.

American is the first democratic nation-state.

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