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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 Robert E. Lee
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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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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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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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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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No day should be lived unless it was begun with a prayer of thankfulness and an intercession for guidance.
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We have but one rule here, and that is that every student must be a gentleman.
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I will attack no matter what and win the war!
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All this has been my fault.
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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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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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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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A man may manifest and communicate his joy, but he should conceal and smother his grief as much as possible.
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I have been up to see the Congress and they do not seem to be able to do anything except to eat peanuts and chew tobacco, while my army is starving.
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The dominant party cannot reign forever, and truth and justice will prevail at last.
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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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