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• Johnson had been the most powerful man in the world, yet the North Vietnamese and the Vietcong had resisted, overcome his power, broken his will.

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• 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.

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• Like their predecessors, the Presidents of today just throw up their hands.

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• Jefferson owned slaves. He did not believe that all were created equal. He was a racist.

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• My first book was the book that changed my life.

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• It would not be possible to praises nurses too highly.

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• My favorite book is the last one printed, which is always better than those that were published earlier.

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• Nixon regarded himself as having been cheated by life. He never got my vote.

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

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• The Canadians have managed to live peacefully with their Indians. It is disgrace that the United States has not done the same.

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• The Holocaust was the most evil crime ever committed.

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• The war in Vietnam I thought a dreadful mistake.

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• The number one secret of being a successful writer is this: marry an English major.

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• The American Constitution is the greatest governing document, and at some 7,000 words, just about the shortest.

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• Reading your own material aloud forces you to listen.

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• The great wars of the 20th Century made it into the worst Century ever.

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• The more sophisticated we get, the more advanced our buildings and vehicles become, the more vulnerable we are.

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

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• There are many more want-to-be writers out there than good editors.

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

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Stephen E. Ambrose (51)

Birth:	10th January, 1936
Death:	13th October, 2002
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Author, Biographer, Historian

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