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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
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
Robert E Lee
R. E. Lee
Gen. Robert Edward Lee
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A land without memories is a people without liberty.
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There is a true glory and a true honor: the glory of duty done--the honor of the integrity of principle.
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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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A nation which does not remember what it was yesterday does not know where it is today.
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Every student must be a gentleman.
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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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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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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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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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I like whiskey. I always did, and that is why I never drink it.
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We have but one rule here, and that is that every student must be a gentleman.
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We have fought this fight as long, and as well as we know how. We have been defeated. For us as a Christian people, there is now but one course to pursue. We must accept the situation.
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Death, in its silent sure march is fast gathering those whom I have longest loved, so that when he shall knock at my door, I will more willingly follow.
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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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You cannot barter manhood for peace.
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