Robert E. Lee Quotes

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 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 - Robert E. Lee

We must expect reverses, even defeats. They are sent to teach us wisdom and prudence, to call forth greater energies, and to prevent our falling into greater disasters. - 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

We failed, but in the good providence of God apparent failure often proves a blessing. - Robert E. Lee

This war is not about slavery. - Robert E. Lee

There are very few nearly perfect plays. 'Streetcar' is one of them. - Robert E. Lee

The war... was an unnecessary condition of affairs, and might have been avoided if forebearance and wisdom had been practiced on both sides. - Robert E. Lee

The truth is this: The march of Providence is so slow and our desires so impatient; the work of progress is so immense and our means of aiding it so feeble; the life of humanity is so long, that of the individual so brief, that we often see only the ebb of the advancing wave and are thus discouraged. It is history that teaches us to hope. - Robert E. Lee

Page 1 of 4

Next -> Last ->>