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Robert E. Lee Quotes: There is a true glory and a true honor: the glory of duty done--the honor of the integrity of principle.
         

There is a true glory and a true honor: the glory of duty done--the honor of the integrity of principle.


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A nation which does not remember what it was yesterday does not know where it is today.

A nation which does not remember what it was yesterday does not know where it is today.



Mr. Blair, I look upon secession as anarchy. If I owned the four millions of slaves in the South, I would sacrifice them all to the Union; but how can I draw my sword upon Virginia, my native State?

Mr. Blair, I look upon secession as anarchy. If I owned the four millions of slaves in the South, I would sacrifice them all to the Union; but how can I draw my sword upon Virginia, my native State?



There are few, I believe, in this enlightened age, who will not acknowledge that slavery as an institution is a moral and political evil.

There are few, I believe, in this enlightened age, who will not acknowledge that slavery as an institution is a moral and political evil.



A land without memories is a people without liberty.

A land without memories is a people without liberty.



Remember, we are all one country now. Dismiss from your mind all sectional feeling, and bring them up to be Americans.

Remember, we are all one country now. Dismiss from your mind all sectional feeling, and bring them up to be Americans.



I have always observed that wherever you find the negro, everything is going down around him, and wherever you find the white man, you see everything around him improving.

I have always observed that wherever you find the negro, everything is going down around him, and wherever you find the white man, you see everything around him improving.



I believe it to be the duty of everyone to unite in the restoration of the country and the reestablishment of peace and harmony.

I believe it to be the duty of everyone to unite in the restoration of the country and the reestablishment of peace and harmony.



The consolidation of the states into one vast empire, sure to be aggressive abroad and despotic at home, will be the certain precursor of ruin which has overwhelmed all that preceded it.

The consolidation of the states into one vast empire, sure to be aggressive abroad and despotic at home, will be the certain precursor of ruin which has overwhelmed all that preceded it.



So far from engaging in a war to perpetuate slavery, I am rejoiced that slavery is abolished.

So far from engaging in a war to perpetuate slavery, I am rejoiced that slavery is abolished.



In all my perplexities and distresses, the Bible has never failed to give me light and strength.

In all my perplexities and distresses, the Bible has never failed to give me light and strength.





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It is a pity that you students aren't fully aware of the luxury and abundance in which you live.



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To tell you the truth, I don't really follow what men wear. Men's fashion is much simpler than women's. It doesn't change as much.



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Diseased Nature oftentimes breaks forth In strange eruptions.




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