"You don’t hate history, you hate the way it was taught to you in high school." ― Stephen Ambrose Topic(s): History More From Stephen Ambrose "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." "Washington, not Jefferson, freed his slaves upon his death." "World War II, the atomic bomb, the Cold War, made it hard for Americans to continue their optimism." More In History "I don’t believe in accidents. There are only encounters in history. There are no accidents."― Pablo Picasso "We’ve persevered because of a belief we share with the Iraqi people – a belief that out of the ashes of war, a new beginning could be born in this cradle of civilization. Through this remarkable chapter in the history of the United States and Iraq, we have met our responsibility. Now, it’s time to turn the page."― Barack Obama "Well, for us, in history where goodness is a rare pearl, he who was good almost takes precedence over he who was great."― Victor Hugo