All I ever wanted was a Virginia farm, no end of cream and fresh butter and fried chicken - not one fried… — 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
There is no more dangerous experiment than that of undertaking to be one thing before a man's face and another behind his… — Robert E. Lee Copy Share Image
Sir, if you ever presume again to speak disrespectfully of General Grant in my presence, either you or I will sever his… — Robert E. Lee Copy Share Image
I believe I may so, looking into my own heart, and speaking as in the presence of God, that I have never… — Robert E. Lee Copy Share Image
I am now considered such a monster, that I hesitate to darken with my shadow, the doors of those I love, lest… — Robert E. Lee Copy Share Image
We must forgive our enemies. I can truly say that not a day has passed since the war began that I have… — Robert E. Lee Copy Share Image
General Longstreet,when once in a fight, was a most brilliant soldier; but he was the hardest man to move I had in… — Robert E. Lee Copy Share Image
With all my devotion to the Union, and the feeling of loyalty and duty of an American citizen, I have not been… — Robert E. Lee Copy Share Image
I can anticipate no greater calamity for the country than the dissolution of the Union. It would be an accumulation of all… — Robert E. Lee Copy Share Image
The questions which for years were in dispute between the State and General Government, and which unhappily were not decided by the… — Robert E. Lee Copy Share Image
There is a terrible war coming, and these young men who have never seen war cannot wait for it to happen, but… — Robert E. Lee Copy Share Image
Remember, we are all one country now. Dismiss from your mind all sectional feeling, and bring them up to be Americans. — Robert E. Lee Copy Share Image
...the framers of our Constitution never exhausted so much labor, wisdom and forbearance in its formation if it was intended to be… — 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
