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The war in Vietnam I thought a dreadful mistake.
Stephen Ambrose
War
Thought
Mistake
Vietnam
As to the Indians, the guiding principle was, promise them anything just so long as they get out of the way.
Stephen Ambrose
Promise
Andrew Johnson was a Southerner generally who proclaimed that his native state of Tennessee was a country for white men.
Stephen Ambrose
Men
Country
State
American is the first democratic nation-state.
Stephen Ambrose
American
First
Nation
Washington and Jefferson were both rich Virginia planters, but they were never friends.
Stephen Ambrose
Friends
Washington
American corporations hate to give away money.
Stephen Ambrose
Money
American
Corporations
Hate
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.
Stephen Ambrose
Character
Choice
First
Nation
President
Republican
Washington
We are part of a country that outshines those that have gone before us and most of those in existence today.
Stephen Ambrose
Country
Existence
Today
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?
Stephen Ambrose
Today
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.
Stephen Ambrose
War
History
Progress
Winning
World
World war
World War II, the atomic bomb, the Cold War, made it hard for Americans to continue their optimism.
Stephen Ambrose
War
Optimism
Americans
World
World war
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.
Stephen Ambrose
Money
Work
Living
Writing
You don't hate history, you hate the way it was taught to you in high school.
Stephen Ambrose
History
Hate
School
Washington, not Jefferson, freed his slaves upon his death.
Stephen Ambrose
Death
Washington
To be a slaveholder meant one had to regard the African American as inferior in every way.
Stephen Ambrose
African
American