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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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Robert Edward Lee
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General R. E. Lee
General Robert E. Lee
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Gen. Robert Edward Lee
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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 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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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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You cannot barter manhood for peace.
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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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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.
Robert E. Lee
The enemy is here, and if we do not whip him, he will whip us.
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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 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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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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Abandon your animosities and make your sons Americans!
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Never do a wrong thing to make a friend or to keep one.
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Duty is the sublimest work in the English language.
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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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I would rather die a thousand deaths than surrender.
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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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We must...submit ourselves in adversity to the will of a merciful God as cheerfully as in prosperity.
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The education of a man is never completed until he dies.
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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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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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