Quotes by : Robert E. Lee

We must expect reverses, even defeats. They are sent to teach us wisdom and prudence, to call forth greater....

I can only say that I am nothing but a poor sinner, trusting in Christ alone for salvation.

In this enlightened age, there are few I believe, but what will acknowledge, that slavery as an institution....

I have been up to see the Congress and they do not seem to be able to do anything except to eat peanuts....

The devil's name is dullness.

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

Let the tent be struck.

Read history, works of truth, not novels and romances

Abandon your animosities and make your sons Americans!

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