Robert Edward Lee Quotes

• Read history, works of truth, not novels and romances.

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  There is a true glory and a true honor: the glory of duty done–the honor of the integrity of principle.

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• It is well that war is so terrible. We should grow too fond of it.

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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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• It is easier to make our wishes conform to our means than to make our means conform to our wishes.

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• I cannot trust a man to control others who cannot control himself.

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• A true man of honor feels humbled himself when he cannot help humbling others.

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• Duty is the most sublime 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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• Do your duty in all things. You cannot do more, you should never wish to do less.

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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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• Get correct views of life, c. It will enable you to live pleasantly, to do good, and, when summoned away, to leave without regret.

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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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• My chief concern is to try to be an humble, earnest Christian.

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• In all my perplexities and distresses, the Bible has never failed to give me light and strength.

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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.

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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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• Let the tent be struck.

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• The education of a man is never completed until he dies.

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• It is good that war is so horrible, or we might grow to like it.

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• The devil’s name is dullness.

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Robert Edward Lee (32)

Birth:	19th January, 1807
Death:	12th October, 1870
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Soldier

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Robert Edward Lee was a career military officer who is best known for having commanded the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia in the American Civil War.

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