"The war... was an unnecessary condition of affairs, and might have been avoided if forebearance and wisdom had been practiced on both sides."
-Robert E. Lee
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"We failed, but in the good providence of God apparent failure often proves a blessing.“
-Robert E. Lee
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"We must expect reverses, even defeats. They are sent to teach us wisdom and prudence, to call forth greater energies, and to prevent our falling into greater disasters."
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"It is good that war is so horrible, or we might grow to like it."
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"This war is not about slavery."
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"What a cruel thing war is... to fill our hearts with hatred instead of love for our neighbors."
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"The Soviet Union did not achieve victory over the West, so was my information inadequate to help them to victory, or did it play no particular role in their failure to achieve victory?"
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"There's only one thing that can guarantee our failure, and that's if we quit."
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"Failure is not fatal victory is not success."
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"Persistent people begin their success where others end in failure."
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"It really is impossible not to like him. His success was his failure."
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"Don't take too much comfort in the fact that you're successful today because tomorrow could bring failure. There's no surety in life."
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