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The dominant party cannot reign forever, and truth and justice will prevail at last.
Robert E. Lee
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Robert E. Lee
Age: 63 †
Born: 1807
Born: January 19
Died: 1870
Died: October 12
Military Officer
Slaveholder
Robert Edward Lee
General Lee
General R. E. Lee
General Robert E. Lee
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R. E. Lee
Gen. Robert Edward Lee
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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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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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We must...submit ourselves in adversity to the will of a merciful God as cheerfully as in prosperity.
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Ideas are easy to conceive, less easy to execute.
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I will attack no matter what and win the war!
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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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