Robert E. Lee

"What a cruel thing war is... to fill our hearts with hatred instead of love for our neighbors."

"I cannot trust a man to control others who cannot control himself."

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

"It is good that war is so horrible, or we might grow to like it."

"Obedience to lawful authority is the foundation of manly character."

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

"We failed, but in the good providence of God apparent failure often proves a blessing."

"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."

"While we see the course of the final abolition of human slavery is onward, & we give it the aid of our prayers & all justifiable means in our power, we must leave the progress as well as the result in his hands who sees the end; who chooses to work by slow influences; & with whom two thousand years are but as a single day."

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