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Robert E. Lee Quotes: Read history, works of truth, not novels and romances
         

Read history, works of truth, not novels and romances


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A nation which does not remember what it was yesterday does not know where it is today.

A nation which does not remember what it was yesterday does not know where it is today.



Mr. Blair, I look upon secession as anarchy. If I owned the four millions of slaves in the South, I would sacrifice them all to the Union; but how can I draw my sword upon Virginia, my native State?

Mr. Blair, I look upon secession as anarchy. If I owned the four millions of slaves in the South, I would sacrifice them all to the Union; but how can I draw my sword upon Virginia, my native State?



There are few, I believe, in this enlightened age, who will not acknowledge that slavery as an institution is a moral and political evil.

There are few, I believe, in this enlightened age, who will not acknowledge that slavery as an institution is a moral and political evil.



A land without memories is a people without liberty.

A land without memories is a people without liberty.



Remember, we are all one country now. Dismiss from your mind all sectional feeling, and bring them up to be Americans.

Remember, we are all one country now. Dismiss from your mind all sectional feeling, and bring them up to be Americans.



I have always observed that wherever you find the negro, everything is going down around him, and wherever you find the white man, you see everything around him improving.

I have always observed that wherever you find the negro, everything is going down around him, and wherever you find the white man, you see everything around him improving.



I believe it to be the duty of everyone to unite in the restoration of the country and the reestablishment of peace and harmony.

I believe it to be the duty of everyone to unite in the restoration of the country and the reestablishment of peace and harmony.



The consolidation of the states into one vast empire, sure to be aggressive abroad and despotic at home, will be the certain precursor of ruin which has overwhelmed all that preceded it.

The consolidation of the states into one vast empire, sure to be aggressive abroad and despotic at home, will be the certain precursor of ruin which has overwhelmed all that preceded it.



So far from engaging in a war to perpetuate slavery, I am rejoiced that slavery is abolished.

So far from engaging in a war to perpetuate slavery, I am rejoiced that slavery is abolished.



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

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





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True, lasting peace comes not through stamping out the ignorance of others, but through cultivating acceptance with ourselves.

True, lasting peace comes not through stamping out the ignorance of others, but through cultivating acceptance with ourselves.




Poets write beautiful words to describe savagery-wrapped civilization nowadays.

Poets write beautiful words to describe savagery-wrapped civilization nowadays.



Maybe the thing to do after you roll the dice-and lose-is simply pick them up and roll them again.

Maybe the thing to do after you roll the dice-and lose-is simply pick them up and roll them again.



whoever gives the common people food to eat is a good person whoever lets the common people starve is a bad person.

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Bad Sausage and five bogeys will give you a stomach ache every time.



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I'm a real American baby!



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