Stephen Ambrose Quotes

Stephen Ambrose — American Historian born on January 10, 1936, died on October 13, 2002

Stephen Edward Ambrose was an American historian and biographer of U.S. Presidents Dwight D. Eisenhower and Richard Nixon. He was a longtime professor of history at the University of New Orleans and the author of many best selling volumes of American popular history... (wikipedia)

The past is a source of knowledge, and the future is a source of hope. Love of the past implies faith in the future.

The Holocaust was the most evil crime ever committed.

Eisenhower had the clearest blue eyes. He would fix them on you. In my every interview with him, he would lock his eyes on to mine and keep them there.

I've always tried to be fair to my subjects. That's easy when they are as likable and admirable as Lewis and Clark, or Eisenhower.

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.