Whiskey - I like it, I always did, and that is the reason I never use it.

Quote by Robert E Lee

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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...

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....

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.

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....

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...

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.

He who loses money losses much. He who loses a friend loses more. But he...

He who loses money losses much. He who loses a friend loses more. But he...

The devil's name is dullness.

The devil's name is dullness.

Duty is the sublimest word in our language.

Duty is the sublimest word in our language.

Let the tent be struck.

Let the tent be struck.

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

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

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...

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...

What a cruel thing war is... to fill our hearts with hatred instead of love...

What a cruel thing war is... to fill our hearts with hatred instead of love...

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

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

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.

I like whiskey. I always did, and that is why I never drink it.

I like whiskey. I always did, and that is why I never drink it.

And I appoint unto you a kingdom, as my Father hath appointed unto me; That...

And I appoint unto you a kingdom, as my Father hath appointed unto me; That...

Teaching has ruined more American novelists than drink.

Teaching has ruined more American novelists than drink.

I was in for 10 hours and had 40 pints - beating my previous record...

I was in for 10 hours and had 40 pints - beating my previous record...