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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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Let us pray for ourselves, that we may not lose the word “concern” out of our Christian vocabulary. Let us pray for our nation. Let us pray for those who have never known Jesus Christ and redeeming love, for moral forces everywhere, for our national leaders. Let prayer be our passion. Let prayer be our practice.
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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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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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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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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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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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The trite saying that 'honesty is the best policy' has met with the just criticism that honesty is not policy. The seems to be true. The real honest man is honest from conviction of what is right, not from policy.
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What a cruel thing is war: to separate and destroy families and friends, and mar the purest joys and happiness God has granted us in this world to fill our hearts with hatred instead of love for our neighbors, and to devastate the fair face of this beautiful world.
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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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Let us go home and cultivate our virtues.
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I was too weak to defend, so I attacked
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The enemy is here, and if we do not whip him, he will whip us.
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I will attack no matter what and win the war!
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We must forgive our enemies.
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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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I cannot trust a man to control others who cannot control himself.
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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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It is good that war is so horrible, or we might grow to like it.
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You cannot be a true man until you learn to obey.
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He has lost his left arm, but I my right.
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