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Letter "R" » Robert E. Lee Quotes
«A true man of honor feels humbled himself when he cannot help humbling others.»
«I like whiskey. I always did, and that is why I never drink it.»
«In all my perplexities and distresses, the Bible has never failed to give me light and strength.»
«We failed, but in the good providence of God apparent failure often proves a blessing.»
«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.»
«Private and public life are subject to the same rules-- truth and manliness are two qualities that will carry you through this world much better then policy or tact or expediency or other words that were devised to conceal a deviation from a straight line.»
Author: Robert E. Lee
«It is good that war is so horrible, or we might grow to like it.»
Author: Robert E. Lee
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«My chief concern is to try to be an humble, earnest Christian.»
«What a cruel thing is war: to separate and destroy families and friends, and mar the purest joys and happiness God has granted us in this world; to fill our hearts with hatred instead of love for our neighbors, and to devastate the fair face of this beautiful world. - letter to his wife, 1864»
Author: 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.»
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