A nation which does not remember what it was yesterday does not know where it is today. — Robert E. Lee Copy Share Image
All military history records the triumphs of discipline and courage far more frequently than numbers and resources. — Robert E. Lee Copy Share Image
We must enlist our own snake and strike like a cobra against their vitals with an attack on Washington. — Robert E. Lee Copy Share Image
The time is not come for impartial history. If the truth were told just now, it would not be credited. — Robert E. Lee Copy Share Image
Everyone should do all in his power to collect and disseminate the truth, in the hope that it may find a place… — Robert E. Lee Copy Share Image
Mr. Blair, I look upon secession as anarchy. If I owned the four millions of slaves in the South, I would sacrifice… — Robert E. Lee Copy Share Image
“The march of Providence is so slow and our desires so impatient; the work of progress so immense and our means of… — Robert E. Lee Copy Share Image
Live in the world you inhabit. Look upon things as they are. Take them as you find them. Make the best of them. Turn… — Robert E. Lee Copy Share
You must study to be frank with the world: frankness is the child of honesty and courage. Say just what you mean to do… — Robert E. Lee Copy Share
...the framers of our Constitution never exhausted so much labor, wisdom and forbearance in its formation if it was intended to be broken up… — Robert E. Lee Copy Share
My trust is in the mercy and wisdom of a kind Providence, who ordereth all things for our good. — Robert E. Lee Copy Share
All military history records the triumphs of discipline and courage far more frequently than numbers and resources. — Robert E. Lee Copy Share
A true man of honor feels humbled himself when he cannot help humbling others. — Robert E. Lee Copy Share
A man may manifest and communicate his joy, but he should conceal and smother his grief as much as possible. — Robert E. Lee Copy Share
We poor sinners need to come back from our wanderings to seek pardon through the all-sufficient merits of our Redeemer. And we need to… — Robert E. Lee Copy Share
Life processes take place in an aqueous medium. All organisms are composed mostly of water, whether they dwell in the oceans, lakes, and rivers,… — Robert E. Lee Copy Share
We cannot afford to be idle, and though weaker than our opponents in men and military equipments, must endeavor to harass, if we cannot… — Robert E. Lee Copy Share
We must forgive our enemies. I can truly say that not a day has passed since the war began that I have not prayed… — Robert E. Lee Copy Share
Lee tells his troops. After four years of arduous service marked by unsurpassed courage and fortitude the Army of Northern Virginia has been compelled… — Robert E. Lee Copy Share
