Stephen Ambrose

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

Crazy Horse saw history as integrated in the present, incorporated into daily life.

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

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

I'm no politician. I'm an historian who has learned through a lifetime of studying that nothing in the world beats universal education.

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