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Robert E. Lee
Age: 63 †
Born: 1807
Born: January 19
Died: 1870
Died: October 12
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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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We have but one rule here, and that is that every student must be a gentleman.
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The questions which for years were in dispute between the State and General Government, and which unhappily were not decided by the dictates of reason, but referred to the decision of war, having been decided against us, it is the part of wisdom to acquiesce in the result, and of candor to recognize the fact.
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The dominant party cannot reign forever, and truth and justice will prevail at last.
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I was too weak to defend, so I attacked
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Let us go home and cultivate our virtues.
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All that the South has ever desired was that the Union, as established by our forefathers, should be preserved, and that the government as originally organized should be administered in purity and truth.
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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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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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Never do a wrong thing to make a friend or to keep one.
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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 will attack no matter what and win the war!
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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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There are things in the Old Book which I may not be able to explain, but I fully accept it as the infallible Word of God, and receive its teachings as inspired by the Holy Spirit.
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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 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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Postal officials say that before Christmas they receive tons of letters written to Santa Claus, but after Christmas how few letters of thanks are sent to him! From childhood onward, human beings seem to be characterized by thanklessness.
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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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You cannot be a true man until you learn to obey.
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I did only what my duty demanded. I could have taken no other course without dishonor.
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