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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.

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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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 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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It is glorious to see such courage in one so young.
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Ideas are easy to conceive, less easy to execute.
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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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I would rather die a thousand deaths than surrender.
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It is good that war is so horrible, or we might grow to like it.
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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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What a glorious world Almighty God has given us. How thankless and ungrateful we are, and how we labor to mar his gifts.
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No blame can be attached to the army for its failure to accomplish what was projected by me... I alone am to blame, in perhaps expecting too much of its prowess and valor... could I have foreseen that the attack on the last day would fail, I should certainly have tried some other course... but I do not know what better course I could have pursued.
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We must forgive our enemies. I can truly say that not a day has passed since the war began that I have not prayed for them.
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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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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 was too weak to defend, so I attacked
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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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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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The enemy is here, and if we do not whip him, he will whip us.
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You cannot barter manhood for peace.
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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 are few, I believe, in this enlightened age, who will not acknowledge that slavery as an institution is a moral and political evil.
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