I have fought against the people of the North because I believed they were seeking to wrest from the South its dearest rights. But I have never cherished toward them bitter or vindictive feelings, and have never seen the day when I did not pray for them.
Robert E. Lee
Read history, works of truth, not novels and romances
reading
It is well that war is so terrible, or we should grow too fond of it.
war warfare
It is easier to make our wishes conform to our means than to make our means conform to our wishes.
acceptance expectations
Time and space are awash here.~Count Tolstoi
time
I like whiskey. I always did, and that is why I never drink it.
drinking
True patriotism sometimes requires of men to act exactly contrary, at one period, to that which it does at another, and the motive which impels them the desire to do right is precisely the same.
conscience patriotism
Never do a wrong thing to make a friend--or to keep one.
bullying moral-courage
We have fought this fight as long, and as well as we know how. We have been defeated. For us as a Christian people, there is now but one course to pursue. We must accept the situation.
people
rights people
It is good that war is so horrible, or we might grow to like it.
war
It is well that war is so terrible. We should grow too fond of it.
The war.. Was an unnecessary condition of affairs, and might have been avoided if forebearance and wisdom had been practiced on both sides.
life wisdom war
This war is not about slavery.
slavery war
What a cruel thing war is.. To fill our hearts with hatred instead of love for our neighbors.
It is well that war is so terrible, otherwise we should grow too fond of it.
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