Civil war Quote by Robert E. Lee

“Whither shall I flee? To no country on earth that I know of where there is as much liberty as yet remains to me even in Virginia.”

Robert E. Lee

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Live in the world you inhabit. Look upon things as they are. Take them as you find them. Make the best of them. Turn…

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Alabama soldiers, all I ask of you is to keep up with the Texans!

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You must study to be frank with the world: frankness is the child of honesty and courage. Say just what you mean to do…

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...the framers of our Constitution never exhausted so much labor, wisdom and forbearance in its formation if it was intended to be broken up…

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My trust is in the mercy and wisdom of a kind Providence, who ordereth all things for our good.

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All military history records the triumphs of discipline and courage far more frequently than numbers and resources.

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A true man of honor feels humbled himself when he cannot help humbling others.

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I will attack no matter what and win the war!

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A man may manifest and communicate his joy, but he should conceal and smother his grief as much as possible.

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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…

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Life processes take place in an aqueous medium. All organisms are composed mostly of water, whether they dwell in the oceans, lakes, and rivers,…

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We cannot afford to be idle, and though weaker than our opponents in men and military equipments, must endeavor to harass, if we cannot…

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“ “In the South, football is confused with religion, chivalry, the Civil War, and women.” -Diane Roberts, The Quotable South ”

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“By the following morning, September 15, Jackson had positioned nearly fifty guns on Maryland Heights and at the base of Loudoun Heights. Then he…

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Strange, (is it not?) that battles, martyrs, blood, even assassination should so condense - perhaps only really lastingly condense - a Nationality.

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