"I cannot trust a man to control others who cannot control himself."
-Robert E. Lee
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"The trite saying that honesty is the best policy has met with the just criticism that honesty is not policy. The real honest man is honest from conviction of what is right, not from policy.“
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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."
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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."
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"It is good that war is so horrible, or we might grow to like it."
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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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"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."
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