Abandon your animosities and make your sons Americans!

— Robert E. Lee

All motion is relative. Perhaps it is you who have moved away-by standing still

— Robert E. Lee

A Union that can only be maintained by swords and bayonets has no charm for me. If the Union is dissolved and government disrupted, I shall return to my native state and share the miseries of my people, and save in defense will draw my sword on none.

— Robert E. Lee

Cadets can neither be treated as schoolboys nor soldiers.

— Robert E. Lee

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

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

— Robert E. Lee

I can only say that I am nothing but a poor sinner, trusting in Christ alone for salvation.

— Robert E. Lee

I have been up to see the Congress, and they do not seem to be able to do anything except to eat peanuts and chew tobacco, while my army is starving.

— Robert E. Lee

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

— Robert E. Lee

In all my perplexities and distresses, the Bible has never failed to give me light and strength.

— Robert E. Lee