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You cannot be a true man until you learn to obey.

Robert E. Lee

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Robert E. Lee
Age: 63 †
Born: 1807
Born: January 19
Died: 1870
Died: October 12
Military Officer
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Robert Edward Lee
General Lee
General R. E. Lee
General Robert E. Lee
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General Lee
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Gen. Robert Edward Lee
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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 tobacco, while my army is starving.
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So far from engaging in a war to perpetuate slavery, I am rejoiced that Slavery is abolished. I believe it will be greatly for the interest of the South. So fully am I satisfied of this that I would have cheerfully lost all that I have lost by the war, and have suffered all that I have suffered to have this object attained.
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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.
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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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We must forgive our enemies. I can truly say that not a day has passed since the war began that I have not prayed for them.
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The dominant party cannot reign forever, and truth and justice will prevail at last.
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I consider the proper education of our youths one of the most important objects now to be attained and one from which the greatest benefits may be expected.
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Every student must be a gentleman.
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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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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 have thought from the time of the cessation of the hostilities, that silence and patience on the part of the South was the true course and I think so still. Controversy of all kinds will, in my opinion, only serve to continue excitement and passion, and will prevent the public mind from the acknowledgement and acceptance of the truth.
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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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All this has been my fault.
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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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History teaches us hope.
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I would rather die a thousand deaths than surrender.
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I think it better to do right, even if we suffer in so doing, than to incur the reproach of our consciences and posterity.
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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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Such an executive officer the sun never shone on. I have but to show him my design, and I know that it can be done, it will be done...Straight as the needle to the pole he advanced to the execution of my purpose.
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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 God.
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