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.

Quote by Robert E Lee

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Duty, then is the sublimest word in our language. Do your duty in all things....

Duty, then is the sublimest word in our language. Do your duty in all things....

I cannot trust a man to control others who cannot control himself.

I cannot trust a man to control others who cannot control himself.

I tremble for my country when I hear of confidence expressed in me. I know...

I tremble for my country when I hear of confidence expressed in me. I know...

The trite saying that honesty is the best policy has met with the just criticism...

The trite saying that honesty is the best policy has met with the just criticism...

It is well that war is so terrible. We should grow too fond of it.

It is well that war is so terrible. We should grow too fond of it.

Let the tent be struck.

Let the tent be struck.

Get correct views of life, and learn to see the world in its true light....

Get correct views of life, and learn to see the world in its true light....

My experience through life has convinced me that, while moderation and temperance in all things...

My experience through life has convinced me that, while moderation and temperance in all things...

We failed, but in the good providence of God apparent failure often proves a blessing.

We failed, but in the good providence of God apparent failure often proves a blessing.

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

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

My chief concern is to try to be an humble, earnest Christian.

My chief concern is to try to be an humble, earnest Christian.

Duty is the sublimest word in our language.

Duty is the sublimest word in our language.

The war... was an unnecessary condition of affairs, and might have been avoided if forebearance...

The war... was an unnecessary condition of affairs, and might have been avoided if forebearance...

We must expect reverses, even defeats. They are sent to teach us wisdom and prudence,...

We must expect reverses, even defeats. They are sent to teach us wisdom and prudence,...

We have fought this fight as long, and as well as we know how. We...

We have fought this fight as long, and as well as we know how. We...

I think it better to do right, even if we suffer in so doing, than...

I think it better to do right, even if we suffer in so doing, than...

I have been up to see the Congress and they do not seem to be...

I have been up to see the Congress and they do not seem to be...

Never do a wrong thing to make a friend or to keep one.

Never do a wrong thing to make a friend or to keep one.

It is good that war is so horrible, or we might grow to like it.

It is good that war is so horrible, or we might grow to like it.

This war is not about slavery.

This war is not about slavery.