The Canadians have managed to live peacefully with their Indians. It is disgrace that the United States has not done the same.
Stephen AmbroseIt is through history that we learn who we are and how we got that way, why and how we changed, why the good sometimes prevailed and sometimes did not.
Stephen AmbroseTrial by jury. Live wherever you can make a living. How could a government based on such principles fail?
Stephen AmbroseI was taught by professors who had done their schooling in the 1930s. Most of them were scornful of, even hated, big business.
Stephen AmbroseWe are part of a country that outshines those that have gone before us and most of those in existence today.
Stephen AmbroseFriendships are different from all other relationships. Unlike acquaintanceship, friendship is based on love. Unlike lovers and married couples, it is free of jealousy. Unlike children and parents, it knows neither criticism nor resentment. Friendship has no status in law. Business partnerships are based on a contract. So is marriage. Parents are bound by law. But friendships are freely entered into, freely given, and freely exercised.
Stephen Ambrose