American - Soldier | January 19, 1807 - October 12, 1870
I cannot trust a man to control others who cannot control himself.
Robert E. Lee
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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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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.
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I like whiskey. I always did, and that is why I never drink it.
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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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We should live, act, and say nothing to the injury of anyone. It is not only best as a matter of principle, but it is the path to peace and honor.
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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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It is good that war is so horrible, or we might grow to like it.
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If you have any fault to find with anyone, tell him, not others, of what you complain; there is no more dangerous experiment than that of undertaking to be one thing before a man's face and another behind his back.
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Do your duty in all things, like the old Puritan. You cannot do more; you should never wish to do less.
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My chief concern is to try to be an humble, earnest Christian.
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