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No day should be lived unless it was begun with a prayer of thankfulness and an intercession for guidance.

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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I will attack no matter what and win the war!
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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 cannot trust a man to control others who cannot control himself.
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The enemy is here, and if we do not whip him, he will whip us.
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Never do a wrong thing to make a friend or to keep one.
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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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There is scarcely anything that is right that we cannot hope to accomplish by labor and perseverance. But the first must be earnest and the second unremitting.
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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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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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My experience through life has convinced me that, while moderation and temperance in all things are commendable and beneficial, abstinence from spirituous liquors is the best safeguard of morals and health.
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I can only say that I am nothing but a poor sinner, trusting in Christ alone for salvation.
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