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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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Duty, then is the sublimest word in our language. Do your duty in all things. You cannot do more you should never wish to do less.
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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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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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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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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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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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We must forgive our enemies.
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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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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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You cannot barter manhood for peace.
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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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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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Postal officials say that before Christmas they receive tons of letters written to Santa Claus, but after Christmas how few letters of thanks are sent to him! From childhood onward, human beings seem to be characterized by thanklessness.
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It is glorious to see such courage in one so young.
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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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I did only what my duty demanded. I could have taken no other course without dishonor.
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Without music, we wouldn't have an Army.
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We have but one rule here, and that is that every student must be a gentleman.
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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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