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Never do a wrong thing to make a friend or to keep one.
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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Say what you mean to do...and take it for granted you mean to do right. Never do a wrong thing to make a friend or keep one...you will wrong him and wrong yourself by equivocation of any kind.
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For I consider the character of no man affected by a want of success, provided he has made an honest effort to succeed.
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The enemy is here, and if we do not whip him, he will whip us.
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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 destroy them.
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I will attack no matter what and win the war!
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There is nothing left for me to do but to go and see General Grant and I would rather die a thousand deaths.
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All this has been my fault.
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A nation which does not remember what it was yesterday does not know where it is today.
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The dominant party cannot reign forever, and truth and justice will prevail at last.
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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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Lee tells his troops. After four years of arduous service marked by unsurpassed courage and fortitude the Army of Northern Virginia has been compelled to yield to overwhelming numbers and resources.
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General Longstreet,when once in a fight, was a most brilliant soldier but he was the hardest man to move I had in my army.
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No blame can be attached to the army for its failure to accomplish what was projected by me... I alone am to blame, in perhaps expecting too much of its prowess and valor... could I have foreseen that the attack on the last day would fail, I should certainly have tried some other course... but I do not know what better course I could have pursued.
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A land without memories is a people without liberty.
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Abandon your animosities and make your sons Americans!
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Traveler is my only companion I may also say my pleasure. He and I, whenever practicable, wander out in the mountains and enjoy sweet confidence.
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There is a true glory and a true honor: the glory of duty done--the honor of the integrity of principle.
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