Quotes by : Robert E. Lee

Cadets can neither be treated as schoolboys or soldiers.

The devil's name is Dullness.

The war... was an unnecessary condition of affairs, and might have been avoided if forebearance and wisdom....

It is well that war is so terrible, or we should grow too fond of it.

It is easier to make our wishes conform to our means than to make our means conform to our wishes.

We have fought this fight as long and as well as we know how. We have been defeated. For us as a Christian....

I like whiskey. I always did, and that is why I never drink it.

Obedience to lawful authority is the foundation of manly character.

I tremble for my country when I hear of confidence expressed in me. I know too well my weakness, that....

The education of a man is never completed until he dies.