Robert E. Lee

"Do your duty in all things. You cannot do more, you should never wish to do less."

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

"I have always observed that wherever you find the Confederate flag, you will see the most extreme form of racism."

"Duty is the most sublime word in our language."

"True patriotism sometimes requires of us to act at variance with our previous ways."

"I have always understood that we went to war on account of the tyranny and oppression of the North."

"Abandon everything but honor."

"The circumstances of the world we live in are changing so rapidly that anything which, by the longest tradition of the past, should have one certain character may find itself performing an entirely different function."

"I would rather be a private citizen of the South than to be its dictator."

"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."

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

"Moral courage is a more rare commodity than bravery in battle or great intelligence."

"I shall need the prayers of all the friends of the Union."

"We should not despair; its consequences may still be glorious for us."

"Life is a hard fight, a struggle, a wrestling with the principle of evil."

"The education of a man never ends."

"All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us."

"A true man of honor feels humbled himself when he cannot help humbling others."

"I have nothing to regret as to the course I have pursued."

"As to the North, I am not fighting them, but only defending my country."

"I love the Union and the Constitution, but I love my native state more."

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

"In my opinion, the maintenance of the rights and authority of the several states in their separate and independent character, is vital to the existence and integrity of the general government."

"There is a true glory and a true honor: the glory of duty done."

"Wisdom and the knowledge of the world."

"Comrades, I have said to you what I wished to say."

"I can only say that I am nothing but a poor sinner, trusting in the mercy of God alone."

"The time for war has not yet come, but it will come and that soon."

"I think it is well that war is so terrible - otherwise we should grow too fond of it."

"I wish I could lay down my life for the safety of these men."