"I cannot trust a man to control others who cannot control himself."
-Robert E. Lee
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"Get correct views of life, and learn to see the world in its true light. It will enable you to live pleasantly, to do good, and, when summoned away, to leave without regret."
-Robert E. Lee
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"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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"It is good that war is so horrible, or we might grow to like it."
-Robert E. Lee
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"What a cruel thing war is... to fill our hearts with hatred instead of love for our neighbors."
-Robert E. Lee
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"I tremble for my country when I hear of confidence expressed in me. I know too well my weakness, that our only hope is in God."
-Robert E. Lee
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"Only the person who has experienced light and darkness, war and peace, rise and fall, only that person has truly experienced life."
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"War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength."
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"War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse."
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"The first casualty when war comes is truth."
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