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All this has been my fault.

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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A nation which does not remember what it was yesterday does not know where it is today.
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Alabama soldiers, all I ask of you is to keep up with the Texans!
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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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Marry...into a family that will enable your children to feel proud of both sides of the house.
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No day should be lived unless it was begun with a prayer of thankfulness and an intercession for guidance.
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I can only say that I am nothing but a poor sinner, trusting in Christ alone for salvation.
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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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I like whiskey. I always did, and that is why I never drink it.
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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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A land without memories is a people without liberty.
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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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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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It is good that war is so horrible, or we might grow to like it.
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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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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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In all my perplexities and distresses, the Bible has never failed to give me light and strength.
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Without music, we wouldn't have an Army.
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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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He has lost his left arm, but I my right.
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