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Robert E. Lee
US-Confederate general
| “ | Duty then is the sublimest word in the English language. You should do your duty in all things. You can never do more, you should never wish to do less. | ” |
| “ | To be a good soldier, you must love the army. To be a good commander, you must be willing to order the death of the thing you love.
Conversation with Gen. Longstreet | ” |
| “ | Strike the tent.
last words, 12 October 1870. | ” |
| “ | You cannot be a true man until you learn to obey.
Lee to students at washington college | ” |
| “ | It is well that war is so terrible - otherwise we would grow too fond of it.
Statement at the Battle of Fredericksburg (13th December 1862) | ” |
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