Robert E. Lee Quotes

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• There is scarcely anything that is right that we cannot hope to accomplish by labor and perseverance. But the first must be earnest and the…
• I have always observed that wherever you find the negro, everything is going down around him, and wherever you find the white man, you see…
• While we see the Course of the final abolition of human Slavery is onward, & we give it the aid of our prayers & all…
• We have only one rule here - to act like a gentleman at all times.
• There are things in the Old Book which I may not be able to explain, but I fully accept it as the infallible Word of…
• Traveller is my only companion ... He and I ... wander out in the mountains and enjoy sweet confidence.
• The gentleman does not needlessly and unnecessarily remind an offender of a wrong he may have committed against him. He cannot only forgive, he can…
• The enemy never sees the backs of my Texans!
• So far from engaging in a war to perpetuate slavery, I am rejoiced that Slavery is abolished. I believe it will be greatly for the…
• You must study to be frank with the world: frankness is the child of honesty and courage. Say just what you mean to do on…
• They do not know what they say. If it came to a conflict of arms, the war will last at least four years. Northern politicians…
• You cannot be a true man until you learn to obey.
• We must forgive our enemies. I can truly say that not a day has passed since the war began that I have not prayed for…
• The biggest mistake of my life was taking a military education.
• If we do not do this our churches will lighthouses without light, wells without water, dumb witnesses, sleeping watchmen, silent trumpets, messengers without tidings, a…
• It is glorious to see such courage in one so young.
• He has lost his left arm, but I my right.
• Sir, if you ever presume again to speak disrespectfully of General Grant in my presence, either you or I will sever his connection with this…
• We made a great mistake in the beginning of our struggle, and I fear, in spite of all we can do, it will prove to…
• There is no more dangerous experiment than that of undertaking to be one thing before a man's face and another behind his back.

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