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There are few, I believe, in this enlightened age, who will not acknowledge that slavery as an institution is a moral and political evil.
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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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, but referred to the decision of war, having been decided against us, it is the part of wisdom to acquiesce in the result, and of candor to recognize the fact.
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I would rather die a thousand deaths than surrender.
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A land without memories is a people without liberty.
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What a beautiful world God, in His loving kindness to His creatures, has given us! What a shame that men endowed with reason and knowledge of right should mar His gifts.
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All that the South has ever desired was that the Union, as established by our forefathers, should be preserved, and that the government as originally organized should be administered in purity and truth.
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Never do a wrong thing to make a friend or to keep one.
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I like whiskey. I always did, and that is why I never drink it.
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My chief concern is to try to be an humble, earnest Christian.
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He has lost his left arm, but I my right.
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Life Insurance trusts I consider sacred. To hazard the property of the dead & to lose the scanty earnings of fathers & husbands, who have toiled & saved that they may leave something to their families deprived of their care & the support of their labour, is to my mind the worst of crimes.
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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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A nation which does not remember what it was yesterday does not know where it is today.
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Every student must be a gentleman.
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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 be a fatal mistake. We appointed all our worst generals to command our armies, and all our best generals to edit the newspapers
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It is glorious to see such courage in one so young.
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A Union that can only be maintained by swords and bayonets, and in which strife and civil war are to take the place of brotherly love and kindness, has no charm for me.
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In all my perplexities and distresses, the Bible has never failed to give me light and strength.
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