Robert E. Lee Quotes

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• All military history records the triumphs of discipline and courage far more frequently than numbers and resources.
• I am of the opinion that all who can should vote for the most intelligent, honest, and conscientious men eligible to office, irrespective of former…
• There is nothing left for me to do but to go and see General Grant and I would rather die a thousand deaths.
• The questions which for years were in dispute between the State and General Government, and which unhappily were not decided by the dictates of reason,…
• I should NOT be trading on the blood of my men.
• I have been up to see the Congress and they do not seem to be able to do anything except to eat peanuts and chew…
• I tremble for my country when I hear of confidence expressed in me. I know too well my weakness, that our only hope is in…
• Get correct views of life, and learn to see the world in its true light. It will enable you to live pleasantly, to do good,…
• In all my perplexities and distresses, the Bible has never failed to give me light and strength.
• I cannot trust a man to control others who cannot control himself.
• It is well that war is so terrible. We should grow too fond of it.
• The trite saying that honesty is the best policy has met with the just criticism that honesty is not policy. The real honest man is…
• Never do a wrong thing to make a friend or to keep one.
• I think it better to do right, even if we suffer in so doing, than to incur the reproach of our consciences and posterity.
• I like whiskey. I always did, and that is why I never drink it.
• We must expect reverses, even defeats. They are sent to teach us wisdom and prudence, to call forth greater energies, and to prevent our falling…
• What a cruel thing war is... to fill our hearts with hatred instead of love for our neighbors.
• The education of a man is never completed until he dies.
• The war... was an unnecessary condition of affairs, and might have been avoided if forebearance and wisdom had been practiced on both sides.
• We failed, but in the good providence of God apparent failure often proves a blessing.

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