Robert E. Lee Quotes

You cannot be a true man until you learn to obey.

Strike the tent.

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.

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

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.

What a cruel thing is war: to separate and destroy families and friends, and mar the purest joys and happiness God has granted us in this world; to fill our hearts with hatred instead of love for our neighbors, and to devastate the fair face of this beautiful world.

Duty is the most sublime word in our language. Do your duty in all things. You cannot do more. You should never wish to do less.