All Robert E. Lee Quotes
Get correct views of life, and learn to see the world in its true light. It will enable you to live pleasantly, to do good, and, when summoned away, to leave without regret.
Robert E. Lee
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I cannot trust a man to control others who cannot control himself.
Robert E. Lee
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Do your duty in all things. You cannot do more, you should never wish to do less.
Robert E. Lee
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In all my perplexities and distresses, the Bible has never failed to give me light and strength.
Robert E. Lee
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My chief concern is to try to be an humble, earnest Christian.
Robert E. Lee
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What a cruel thing war is... to fill our hearts with hatred instead of love for our neighbors.
Robert E. Lee
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It is good that war is so horrible, or we might grow to like it.
Robert E. Lee
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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 real honest man is honest from conviction of what is right, not from policy.
Robert E. Lee
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I like whiskey. I always did, and that is why I never drink it.
Robert E. Lee
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I tremble for my country when I hear of confidence expressed in me. I know too well my weakness, that our only hope is in God.
Robert E. Lee
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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.
Robert E. Lee
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Obedience to lawful authority is the foundation of manly character.
Robert E. Lee
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