Stephen Ambrose

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

— Stephen Ambrose

#african american #american #every #had #inferior

Trial by jury. Live wherever you can make a living. How could a government based on such principles fail? ↗

— Stephen Ambrose

#could #fail #government #how #jury

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

— Stephen Ambrose

#friends #jefferson #never #planters #rich

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

— Stephen Ambrose

#freed #his #jefferson #slaves #upon

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 #gone #most #part

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

#better off #california #governed #mexico #off

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

#civil war #forward #history #ii #non

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

— Stephen Ambrose

#atomic bomb #bomb #cold #cold war #continue

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

— Stephen Ambrose

#high #high school #history #school #taught

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

#easiest way #hours #living #long #make