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Oftentimes the fascinating thing is that people who are seen as commanding figures at the moment that they were considered for President and did not run turned out to be treated by history as much more minor figures politically.
Stephen Ambrose
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Stephen Ambrose
Age: 66 †
Born: 1936
Born: January 10
Died: 2002
Died: October 13
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At the core, the American citizen soldiers knew the difference between right and wrong, and they didn't want to live in a world in which wrong prevailed. So they fought, and won, and we all of us, living and yet to be born, must be forever profoundly grateful.
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It would not be possible to praises nurses too highly.
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We are part of a country that outshines those that have gone before us and most of those in existence today.
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Washington and Jefferson were both rich Virginia planters, but they were never friends.
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The war in Vietnam I thought a dreadful mistake.
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The great wars of the 20th Century made it into the worst Century ever.
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I'm no politician. I'm an historian who has learned through a lifetime of studying that nothing in the world beats universal education.
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Immigrants do more than help us win our wars, or set up cleaning shops or ethnic restaurants.
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History is everything that has ever happened.
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Crazy Horse saw history as integrated in the present, incorporated into daily life.
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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.
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