Robert E. Lee
Robert E. Lee
Robert Edward Leewas an American general known for commanding the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia in the American Civil War from 1862 until his surrender in 1865. The son of Revolutionary War officer Henry "Light Horse Harry" Lee III, Lee was a top graduate of the United States Military Academy and an exceptional officer and military engineer in the United States Army for 32 years. During this time, he served throughout the United States, distinguished himself during the Mexican–American War,...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth19 January 1807
CityStratford Hall, VA
CountryUnited States of America
Say what you mean to do...and take it for granted you mean to do right. Never do a wrong thing to make a friend or keep one...you will wrong him and wrong yourself by equivocation of any kind.
We have only one rule here - to act like a gentleman at all times.
My trust is in the mercy and wisdom of a kind Providence, who ordereth all things for our good.
Duty, then is the sublimest word in our language. Do your duty in all things. You cannot do more; you should never wish to do less.
I think it better to do right, even if we suffer in so doing, than to incur the reproach of our consciences and posterity.
Ideas are easy to conceive, less easy to execute.
You have only always to do what is right. It will become easier by practice, and you enjoy in the midst of your trials the pleasure of an approving conscience.
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.
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.
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.
Respect is based on Friendship,and friendship is based on love and love is so accidental isn't it ?
The biggest mistake of my life was taking a military education.
What a cruel thing war is... to fill our hearts with hatred instead of love for our neighbors.
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.