Robert E. Lee Quotes

A man may manifest and communicate his joy, but he should conceal and smother his grief as much as possible.

I have never witnessed on any previous occasion such entire disregard of the usage of civilized warfare and the dictates of humanity.

There is always hazard in military activity, but we must decide between the positive loss of inactivity and the risk of action.

Whither shall I flee? To no country on earth that I know of where there is as much liberty as yet remains to me even in Virginia.

General Longstreet,when once in a fight, was a most brilliant soldier; but he was the hardest man to move I had in my army.

I will attack no matter what and win the war!

We must enlist our own snake and strike like a cobra against their vitals with an attack on Washington.

Teach him to deny himself.

Every student must be a gentleman.

It is glorious to see such courage in one so young.

Duty is the sublimest work in the English language.

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

They seemed so united that I loved them as one person." Lee wrote of his son and daughter-in-law on his daughter-in-law's death.

Cadets can neither be treated as schoolboys or soldiers.

All motion is relative. Perhaps it is you who have moved away-by standing still

We have fought this fight as long and as well as we know how. We have been defeated. There is now but one course to pursue. We must accept the situation.

Let the tent be struck.

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.

The devil's name is Dullness.

We have fought this fight as long and as well as we know how. We have been defeated ... there is now but one course to pursue. We must accept the situation.

It is well that war is so terrible - we would grow too fond of it.

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

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.

We should live, act, and say nothing to the injury of anyone. It is not only best as a matter of principle, but it is the path to peace and honor.

You must study to be frank with the world: Frankness is the child of honesty and courage.