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I cannot trust a man to control others who cannot control himself.
Robert E. Lee
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Robert E. Lee
Age: 63 †
Born: 1807
Born: January 19
Died: 1870
Died: October 12
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Robert Edward Lee
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The consolidation of the states into one vast empire, sure to be aggressive abroad and despotic at home, will be the certain precursor of ruin which has overwhelmed all that preceded it.
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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.
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Our country demands all our strength, all our energies. To resist the powerful combination now forming against us will require every man at his place. If victorious, we will have everything to hope for in the future. If defeated, nothing will be left for us to live for.
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He has lost his left arm, but I my right.
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It is good that war is so horrible, or we might grow to like it.
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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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As a general principle you should not force young men to do their duty, but let them do it voluntarily and thereby develop their characters.
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The enemy is here, and if we do not whip him, he will whip us.
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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 comfort for infidels, jubilant joys to the devil, and an offense to God.
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To be a good soldier, you must love the army. To be a good commander, you must be willing to order the death of the thing you love.
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There is always hazard in military activity, but we must decide between the positive loss of inactivity and the risk of action.
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