Andrew Johnson was a Southerner generally who proclaimed that his native state of Tennessee was a country for white men. Stephen Ambrose Read Quote
Neither Johnson nor his party nor the government as a whole were willing to raise, train, equip, and then send Vietnam sufficient manpower to do the job. Stephen Ambrose Read Quote
It does you no good to see the number two or number three man in the corporation-you have to get through to number one. Stephen Ambrose Read Quote
In 1945, there were more people killed, more buildings destroyed, more high explosives set off, more fires burning than before or since. Stephen Ambrose Read Quote
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. Stephen Ambrose Read Quote
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. Stephen Ambrose Read Quote
Crazy Horse saw history as integrated in the present, incorporated into daily life. Stephen Ambrose Read Quote
Even before Watergate and his resignation, Nixon had inspired conflicting and passionate emotions. Stephen Ambrose Read Quote
