Quotes of Robert E. Lee - somelinesforyou

“ Duty then is the sublimest word in the English language. You should do your duty in all things. You can never do more, you should never wish to do less. ”

- Robert E. Lee

“ True patriotism sometimes requires of men to act exactly contrary, at one period, to that which it does at another, and the motive which impels themthe desire to do rightis precisely the same. ”

- Robert E. Lee

“ It is well that war is so terrible - otherwise we would grow too fond of it. ”

- Robert E. Lee

“ I cannot trust a man to control others who cannot control himself. ”

- Robert E. Lee

“ I cannot trust a man to control others who cannot control himself. ”

- Robert E. Lee

“ I can only say that I am nothing but a poor sinner, trusting in Christ alone for salvation. ”

- Robert E. Lee

“ I can only say that I am nothing but a poor sinner, trusting in Christ alone for salvation. ”

- Robert E. Lee

“ 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. ”

- Robert E. Lee

“ Let the tent be struck. ”

- Robert E. Lee

“ It is well that war is so terrible, or we should grow too fond of it. ”

- Robert E. Lee

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

- Robert E. Lee

“ This war is not about slavery. ”

- Robert E. Lee

“ I like whiskey. I always did, and that is why I never drink it. ”

- Robert E. Lee

“ Whiskey - I like it, I always did, and that is the reason I never use it. ”

- Robert E. Lee

“ What a cruel thing war is… to fill our hearts with hatred instead of love for our neighbors. ”

- Robert E. Lee

“ What a cruel thing war is… to fill our hearts with hatred instead of love for our neighbors. ”

- Robert E. Lee

“ This war is not about slavery. ”

- Robert E. Lee

“ Whiskey - I like it, I always did, and that is the reason I never use it. ”

- Robert E. Lee

“ 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

“ 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. ”

- Robert E. Lee

“ 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. ”

- Robert E. Lee

“ It appears we have appointed our worst generals to command forces, and our most gifted and brilliant to edit newspapers! ”

- Robert E. Lee

“ The devil's name is dullness. ”

- Robert E. Lee

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

- Robert E. Lee

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

- Robert E. Lee

“ 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. ”

- Robert E. Lee

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

- Robert E. Lee

“ 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. ”

- Robert E. Lee

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

- Robert E. Lee

“ 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. ”

- Robert E. Lee
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